Switzerland - Zurich Airport faces another loss for 2021

(MENAFN- Swissinfo) Planes belonging to SWISS and Helvetic Airways at Zurich Airport last month Keystone / Michael Buholzer

The Covid pandemic has hit Zurich Airport, one of the biggest employers in the region, hard. But CEO Stephan Widrig says there are sufficient financial resources to get through the crisis, including the Omicron variant.

This content was published on January 3, 2022 - 11:46 January 3, 2022 - 11:46 Keystone-SDA/ts

• Español (es) Caída en cifras de 2021 del aeropuerto de Zúrich
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“We don't need any state aid even in a difficult 2022, apart from the short-time work compensation,” Widrig told newspaper Blick in an interviewExternal link on Monday. He said short-time work had“helped enormously” and“hardly any” redundancies had been necessary.

He pointed out that infrastructure that requires maintenance“is exactly the same size”, which restricts short-time work in these areas.“At the moment, we're applying short-time work mainly in units that are directly linked to flight operations, such as bus drivers and airport guides.”

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