Swiss airports handled 60 million passengers on scheduled and charter flights in 2025. Passenger numbers have never been so high, surpassing even numbers before the Covid-19 pandemic, the Federal Statistical Office (FSO) said on Thursday. +Get the most important news from Switzerland in your inbox Compared with 2024, the increase amounts to an additional 2.2 million passengers (+4%), the FSO said in a statement. Last year, the busiest Swiss airport was Zurich, with 32.5 million passengers, ahead of Geneva with 17.7 and Basel-Mulhouse with 9.6 million. Around 80% of passengers travelling from a Swiss airport were destined for a European country. + How will having fewer Gulf and Asian travellers hit Swiss tourism? The number of take-offs and landings also increased in 2025 (+3%). The value achieved in 2025, however, remains 4% lower than in 2019. Air freight declined slightly last year: the number of tonnes transported fell by 0.4% compared with 2024 (-8% since 2019). Translated from ...
