The Zürich Airport or also known as Kloten Airport is with over 25 million passengers a year the largest airport of Switzerland.
Zürich Airport opened after World War II, in 1946 and within a decade the airport had to expand already because of the quick increase of flights and passengers. Growth continued until the crisis at Swissair which had to ground all its flights due to cash-flow crisis after the September 11, 2001 attacks. Zürich Airport lost a lot of traffic with only gradually began to return after the take-over and restart of Swissair by Lufthansa as Swiss International Air Lines in 2005. The Airport got another blow in 2015 when Etihad Regional decided to cancel most its flights from Zürich.
Zürich Airport is not a large airport so there are not many flights departing here. There are only a few destinations that you can reach from Zürich Airport, most of these are operated by Swiss Int Air Lines. Many people take a flight to Dusseldorf and transfer to another flight there.
Dusseldorf (DUS)
Brussels (BRUA)
