SWISS confirmed that flight LX733, scheduled to depart Amsterdam Schiphol at 18:55 CET on 7 January and arrive in Zurich at 20:25, was cancelled owing to snow and slot restrictions in the Netherlands.([airportia.com](https://www.airportia.com/flights/lx733/amsterdam/zurich/))
The mid-evening service typically carries up to 180 passengers, many of them connecting from North-American arrivals. The cancellation left limited same-day alternatives because Schiphol’s hourly movements were capped and Zurich was nearing its 23:30 night-curfew. Affected travellers were offered hotel vouchers or rerouting via Munich on 8 January.
![SWISS flight LX733 Amsterdam–Zurich cancelled amid northern-Europe storm]()
For passengers whose disrupted itineraries now require an unexpected stopover or visa extension, VisaHQ can step in quickly. Its Switzerland portal (https://www.visahq.com/switzerland/) lets travellers submit applications online, arrange courier pickup for documents and receive real-time status updates, helping ensure that paperwork doesn’t become another casualty of winter cancellations.
While a single flight axing may seem minor, mobility analysts point out that LX733 is the only nonstop on the city-pair after 17:00, so cancellations cascade into missed early-morning meetings in Switzerland. Companies that rely on late-day shuttle runs for commuters between their Amsterdam and Zurich offices are reassessing whether to shift staff onto earlier flights or daytime ICE trains during the winter season.
Under EU261, passengers are entitled to compensation unless SWISS can demonstrate that extraordinary weather circumstances made operation unsafe. Travellers should therefore keep documentation in case regulators question whether network-congestion rather than direct weather at Zurich was the primary cause.
The mid-evening service typically carries up to 180 passengers, many of them connecting from North-American arrivals. The cancellation left limited same-day alternatives because Schiphol’s hourly movements were capped and Zurich was nearing its 23:30 night-curfew. Affected travellers were offered hotel vouchers or rerouting via Munich on 8 January.
For passengers whose disrupted itineraries now require an unexpected stopover or visa extension, VisaHQ can step in quickly. Its Switzerland portal (https://www.visahq.com/switzerland/) lets travellers submit applications online, arrange courier pickup for documents and receive real-time status updates, helping ensure that paperwork doesn’t become another casualty of winter cancellations.
While a single flight axing may seem minor, mobility analysts point out that LX733 is the only nonstop on the city-pair after 17:00, so cancellations cascade into missed early-morning meetings in Switzerland. Companies that rely on late-day shuttle runs for commuters between their Amsterdam and Zurich offices are reassessing whether to shift staff onto earlier flights or daytime ICE trains during the winter season.
Under EU261, passengers are entitled to compensation unless SWISS can demonstrate that extraordinary weather circumstances made operation unsafe. Travellers should therefore keep documentation in case regulators question whether network-congestion rather than direct weather at Zurich was the primary cause.
