Switzerland's largest airport, Zurich, is on course to break pre-Covid record passenger numbers, with 30 million passing through in the first 11 months of the year. +Get the most important news from Switzerland in your inbox Passenger traffic between January to November was up 4.2% on the same period last year, according to a press release issued on Wednesday evening. In November alone, 2.35 million people travelled through the airport, an increase of 7.1%. + Zurich airport to end restrictions on liquids The increase in travellers in November was mainly due to local passengers. Their number increased by 7.8%, while the number of transfer passengers rose by 5.8%. Since the beginning of the year, the number of passengers has risen year-on-year every month and the airport is heading for a record for the year as a whole. In August, when the half-year figures were published, the management confirmed its goal of breaking the passenger record of 31.5 million set in 2019. In 2024, the ...
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