Zurich Airport traffic up 7.9 % in February as hub prepares for record summer
Lufthansa pilots set 48-hour strike for 12–13 March; Swiss corporates brace for knock-on chaos
Middle-East airspace closures trigger 190 cancellations and 821 delays across Europe, hitting Swiss connections
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Indian Embassy in Bern reiterates VFS outsourcing: visa applicants told to stop paying embassy directly
India’s embassy in Bern has re-published its outsourcing notice, warning that all visa, passport and OCI work must go through VFS Global. Direct payments to the mission will be refused and refunded. Swiss employers need to channel applications via VFS to avoid costly delays to India-bound assignments.
UK tightens travel guidance for Switzerland ahead of EU biometric border launch
On 10 March 2026 the UK FCDO warned that passports for Switzerland (and the wider Schengen area) must meet tighter issue-date and validity rules and that the EU’s biometric Entry/Exit System will start on 10 April 2026. Businesses must brace for longer queues, stricter carrier checks and real-time 90/180-day enforcement, while ensuring travellers’ passports and travel histories are compliant.
Mass flight delays hobble Swiss hubs, stranding business travellers
A mix of air-traffic-control staffing shortages, bad weather and spill-over from Italian industrial action caused 18 cancellations and 146 delays at Switzerland’s main airports on 10 March 2026. The disruption stranded business and leisure travellers, triggered contingency plans at multinationals and highlighted vulnerabilities in Swiss aviation just weeks before the new EU biometric border system goes live.
Ig Nobel Prize ceremony relocates to Zurich over US visa concerns
Citing US immigration hurdles, organisers of the Ig Nobel Prizes said on 10 March 2026 that the 2026 awards will be held in Zurich instead of Boston. Switzerland’s smoother short-stay visa regime and neutral image are increasingly attractive to global conference planners and highlight how visa risk is influencing site selection and academic mobility.