With the switch to standard time in the early hours of 26 October 2025, Zurich Airport activated its winter timetable for the 2025/26 season. The new schedule, in force until 28 March 2026, sees 58 airlines serving 169 destinations in 71 countries—an increase of three destinations over last winter. Leisure carrier Edelweiss adds weekly services to Luleå in Swedish Lapland as well as two new Cape Verdean routes (São Vicente on Wednesdays and Praia on Thursdays), while extending summer routes to Bilbao and Tbilisi into the cold season.
Business-travel connectivity also improves: easyJet introduces a daily Zurich–Pristina link and twice-weekly Zurich–Bristol flights, Condor increases its Zurich–Frankfurt frequency to thrice daily, and Oman Air returns with four weekly Muscat rotations. Etihad boosts Abu Dhabi–Zurich from 13 to 16 weekly flights and will deploy the fuel-efficient A321 LR on three of those services.
Airport management emphasises that the expanded network supports Switzerland’s export-led economy by giving corporates more same-day options to secondary European cities and by restoring long-haul capacity lost during the pandemic. Travellers are warned, however, that the EU’s new Entry/Exit System (EES) will start trial operations at Zurich in mid-November, potentially adding a few minutes to non-EU passport formalities.
For mobility managers the message is clear: peak winter demand—from ski tourism to Christmas business trips—will coincide with brand-new routes and evolving border technology. Advance booking and traveller-education on biometric procedures will be essential to avoid disruption.
Business-travel connectivity also improves: easyJet introduces a daily Zurich–Pristina link and twice-weekly Zurich–Bristol flights, Condor increases its Zurich–Frankfurt frequency to thrice daily, and Oman Air returns with four weekly Muscat rotations. Etihad boosts Abu Dhabi–Zurich from 13 to 16 weekly flights and will deploy the fuel-efficient A321 LR on three of those services.
Airport management emphasises that the expanded network supports Switzerland’s export-led economy by giving corporates more same-day options to secondary European cities and by restoring long-haul capacity lost during the pandemic. Travellers are warned, however, that the EU’s new Entry/Exit System (EES) will start trial operations at Zurich in mid-November, potentially adding a few minutes to non-EU passport formalities.
For mobility managers the message is clear: peak winter demand—from ski tourism to Christmas business trips—will coincide with brand-new routes and evolving border technology. Advance booking and traveller-education on biometric procedures will be essential to avoid disruption.
