Zurich Airport expects record passengers: Booming USA trips!

Zurich Airport expects record passengers: Booming USA trips!

Flughafen Zürich, Schweiz - Zurich Airport is looking forward to an exciting future, as increasing demand for air travel, especially in the USA, is expected. The company boss Lukas Brosi emphasizes that the number of books booked is actually used. This indicates that travelers who do without the USA are increasingly choosing alternative travel destinations.

The forecasts of the airport show that in 2025 over 32 million passengers at Zurich Airport are expected, which would be a new record. The previous record was 31.5 million passengers in 2019. The high season in summer will be crucial for the number of passengers, whereby the airport emphasized that it is well prepared for high demand. The company already worked smoothly during the Easter holidays, even if delays often occurred in the past.

passenger development and workforce

An important challenge for the airport is to have sufficient workers available to meet the increasing requirements. Brosi also expresses his concerns regarding increasing restrictions in aviation and is still satisfied with the development of the prestige property "The Circle". While the demand in the retail trade was left behind the expectations, the gastronomy was more gratifying.

• Current vacancy in the project is about 10 percent.
• Brosi looks optimistic about the long -term future.

The passenger volume at Zurich Airport was 3% higher in the first four months of 2025 than in the same period of the previous year. The demand for US flights at Swiss was more than twice as high as the general increase at Zurich Airport. Andreas Gerber, the person responsible for the tourism business at Swiss, states that the bookings should remain stable for the rest of the year.

market developments and challenges

Despite the positive developments, tourism experts in the United States are faced with challenges. A bad summer is expected in particular from Canada, where the bookings have dropped by 15%. According to the Washington Post, the number of overseas visitors in the United States fell by 12%by April. Ex-Swiss CEO Dieter Vranckx reported 5,700 flights from Europe to the United States between January and May 2025, which corresponds to an increase of 8%. A total of 1.3 million passengers were transported, which also corresponds to an increase of 8% compared to the previous year.

The refusal of entry for passengers in the USA are only 0.16 per thousand, which is slightly below the previous year's value. Most of the refusal entry are not due to incomplete travel documents. Swiss describes the market in the USA as a volatile and, in view of these framework conditions, reacted with attractive offers.

For more information: Berner Zeitung informed .