Passenger numbers at Zurich Airport higher than before the coronavirus pandemic
Published: Saturday, Dec 23rd 2023, 07:40
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Air traffic at Zurich Airport has put the coronavirus pandemic behind it, even at Christmas time. With almost 90,000 passengers, the volume on Friday exceeded that of before the pandemic. In 2019, around 85,000 passengers had flown from there.
Slightly fewer than 90,000 travelers passed through Zurich Airport on Friday, a Zurich Airport spokesperson told the Keystone-SDA news agency. The airport does not provide an exact figure.
December 22 and 23 are considered peak days in terms of passenger volumes at airports during the Christmas period. For return travel, these are the days shortly after New Year.
Zurich-Kloten Airport experienced its biggest slump in passenger numbers in 2020, the first year of the coronavirus pandemic. At that time, the number of passengers fell to 17,000 on the days just before Christmas. A year later, it doubled to 34,000. A year ago, the average number of passengers per day during the holidays between 23 December and 2 January was 65,000 again.
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