Zurich Flights Cancelled Due To Snow And Freezing Rain

2025-01-08 06:56:17

(MENAFN- Swissinfo) Snowfall and freezing rain has severely disrupted air traffic at Zurich airport over the weekend, with more than 50 flights being cancelled.

This content was published on January 5, 2025 - 10:34 1 minute Keystone-SDA

Deutsch de Viele Flüge von Zürich abgesagt wegen Schnee und gefrierendem Regen Original Read more: Viele Flüge von Zürich abgesagt wegen Schnee und gefrierendem Rege

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On Saturday evening from around 6:30pm, 40 flights were cancelled, the airport's operations control center told the Keystone-SDA news agency. Over a dozen more cancellations were then made on Sunday.

While the weather had caused difficulties on Saturday, on Sunday it was a matter of“subsequent consequences”. For example, some aircraft crews were absent because they were stuck at other airports due to the weather.

According to the operations control centre, freezing rain poses a considerable problem for air traffic. The water also freezes on the wings of commercial jets. Ice water causes problems at Zurich airport once or twice a year, it added.

Translated from German by DeepL/mga

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