Winter timetable 2018/19: the key changes
Winter timetable 2018/2019 – the most important news about the route network
Edelweiss Air – catch more rays
This winter too, Edelweiss Air will carry its passengers to the sun on new long-haul flights. For instance on two flights per week to Colombo (Sri Lanka), Hi Chi Minh City (Vietnam) and Buenos Aires (Argentina). The holiday airlines will also offer weekly services to Varadero (Cuba) and Eilat (Israel). Flights to the Seychelles have already been offered since 22 September 2018. This weekly flight will now be offered year-round.
Germania – weekly to Madeira
From the beginning of November until the end of April, Germania will offer a Monday flight to Funchal (Madeira). Over 700 species of plants, mountains with lush vegetation and green plateaus make this Portuguese island unique. There will be flights to Teneriffe and Fuerteventura – the two destinations in the Canary Islands from the summer timetable – during the winter too.
Swiss – twelve flights to Bremen
The airport’s home carrier will offer twelve flights per week to Bremen (Germany). In addition, there will still be flights to Bordeaux (France), Kiev (Ukraine), Brindisi (Italy) and Sylt (Germany).
Adria Airways – to Paderborn in northern Germany
Starting this winter, the Slovenian airline will offer eleven flights a week from Zurich to Paderborn in northern Germany: in the morning and evening on Monday-Saturday and on Sunday evenings.
The following routes were added this summer and will be continued in the winter timetable.
Sichuan Airlines – to the city of pandas
The Chinese carrier, which was welcomed to Zurich for the first time this June, will continue its Chengdu-Prague-Zurich route this winter. The airline flies to Chengdu on Wednesdays and Saturdays. The city is known among other things for its panda breeding centre.
Hainan Airlines – new weekdays
Hainan Airlines will continue its direct service from Shenzhen to Zurich in the winter. The flights will now run on Wednesdays and Sundays.
American Airlines – winter flights to Philadelphia
This summer, the US carrier began daily, year-round flights to its hub in Philadelphia from where destinations in North and Central America as well as the Caribbean beaches can be easily reached.
easyJet – to the banks of the Rio Douro
The low cost airlines flies up to three times a week from Zurich to Porto (Portugal), where port and bacalhau (cod) taste great in winter too.