Handbook for Investors. Business location in Switzerland.

SBB (Swiss Federal Railways)
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Zurich. But the two other international airports, Geneva and Euro-
Airport Basel, are also becoming increasingly important freight
support points, particularly for express and courier services.
The world’s leading express, package and courier services have
posted steady growth in volume.
Federal Office of Transport (FOT)
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The Berne, Lugano and St. Gallen-Altenrhein regional airports
also offer attractive scheduled flights to European destinations on
a daily basis. Sion and St. Moritz-Samedan have seasonal business
connections that are not only important for tourism but save
time for the entire service sector.
11.1.3 Air
Zurich Airport is one of the most important transportation hubs in
Europe. Passengers appreciate the excellent standard of service
at this airport. This is confirmed by its high ranking in the annual
Airport Service Quality (ASQ) Awards. Zurich is ranked in first
place ahead of Southampton (England UK) and Oporto (Portugal)
airports. From a global perspective, Zurich is in second place
behind Taipei and ahead of San Diego in the category of airports
with 15 to 25 million passengers. Around 22 million passengers
used the airport in 2008. The freight volume in the same period
totaled 387,671 metric tons. The airport currently serves 151 destinations
on four continents and 63 countries. Most of the flights
(77 %) connect Switzerland with Europe, while 23 % are intercontinental
flights. The intercontinental flights connect Zurich with
45 cities in 28 countries around the globe.
The two other international airports in Switzerland – Geneva and
Euro-Airport Basel – also have a large number of connections to
the key European business centers and a number of direct flights
to overseas destinations. Geneva handled 11.5 million passengers
and 48,894 metric tons of freight in 2008. The corresponding
figures for Basel were 4.2 million passengers and 38,786 metric
tons of freight.
Air travel
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Federal Office of Civil Aviation (FOCA)
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Zurich Airport
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Geneva Airport
The fact that the three international airports are located in border
areas only a short distance away from neighboring countries
facilitates international trade to and from the EU area through
Switzerland. Air freight is an important freight transport option for
exporting companies in these regions. The most important export
products include specialty chemical and pharmaceutical products,
high-tech products, automotive components and perishable goods.
Three-quarters of Swiss airfreight is processed at the cargo hub in
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