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Whit Monday getaway triggers traffic jams and airport queues across Switzerland
Holidaymakers heading home on Whit Monday, 25 May 2026, created three-kilometre queues at the Gotthard tunnel and long lines at Geneva, Basel-Mulhouse and Zurich airports. Road volumes were 12 % above the five-year Pentecost average and airport passenger numbers exceeded pre-pandemic levels. Companies should build in extra transit time for staff and shipments this week.
Live border-wait dashboard shows smooth crossings at Ponte Tresa on 25 May 2026
Real-time data from FrontalieriTicino.ch show near-zero queues at the busy Ponte Tresa Swiss-Italian border crossing on Whit Monday, 25 May 2026. The dashboard, updated every 15 minutes, illustrates how holiday traffic patterns differ from normal workdays and offers employers a valuable feed for commute-planning tools.