The historic Ju-52 will definitely no longer be taking off in Switzerland
Published: Wednesday, Aug 14th 2024, 09:00
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The Ju-52 aircraft belonging to the Ju-Air association remains in the Dübendorf ZH Aviation Museum: as expected, the aircraft can no longer be taken into the air - the costs are too high, the conditions too strict.
There is no realistic hope that the Auntie Ju will return to the Swiss skies, said Christian Gartmann from the Ju-Air association on Radio SRF's "Regionaljournal Zürich-Schaffhausen" on Wednesday.
It would cost well over a million francs to make the aircraft on display airworthy, explained Gartmann. The association does not have this money. In addition, according to stricter safety regulations, only flights with very few passengers could be operated. This would not pay off - a black zero would not be possible.
The fact that the historic aircraft, which was built in 1939, will no longer be taking off is not unexpected. Back in July 2022, Gartmann had already stated that "the chances of the Ju-Air flying again are very small".
According to Gartmann, one small consolation remains: although the last Auntie Ju will no longer take off, it can at least be viewed and climbed on in Dübendorf. As a witness to aviation history, it is one of the most popular exhibits in the museum.
Ju-Air offered sightseeing flights with the historic aircraft for many years. In August 2018, a plane crashed on Piz Segnas. 20 people died. As a result, the Federal Office of Civil Aviation imposed a flight ban. In 2022, the federal government tightened the regulations for flights with historic aircraft.
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