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Map of Airports in Switzerland

Interactive map of Switzerland flights

A list of all our featured airports in Switzerland can be found below, together with an overview of how to find cheap flights to Switzerland.

Featured Cities in Switzerland:

Altenrhein

Basel

Berne

Geneva

Lugano

Zurich

Flights to Switzerland - Overview

Finding cheap flights to Switzerland is largely dependent on which airport you choose as your entry point. In the west of the country, Geneva has seen a great deal of expansion as a no-frills gateway, with Easyjet's Swiss subsidiary having a very substantial operation there. To the east, high infrastructure costs, combined with a tough environmental regime, have kept most budget airlines out of Zurich. However, Easyjet have instead chosen to relocate many of the flights which they would have otherwise operated to and from Zurich to Basel instead.
The Swiss capital Bern is a possible alternative arrival point, especially if you live near Birmingham or Southampton, from where budget airline Flybe have recently launched flights.
On the other hand, Zurich Airport is often criticised for its high charging regime, a factor
which initially led Easyjet to withdraw their Gatwick flights, before eventually
stopping all of their flights to Zurich. The confusingly named Basel, or is
that Basle, or Euroairport, or even Euroairport, Basle-Mulhouse-Freiburg has
stepped in to become an increasingly important Easyjet hub. Although routes
are being continuously added, it is still some way off Geneva in terms of the
selection of flights offered.

Onward Travel by Train

Many passengers arriving in Switzerland continue on towards mountain resorts such as Interlaken, Zermatt, Crans Montana, Verbier and San Moritz; taking advantage of Switzerland's excellent public transport system to get there. It can often be advantageous to purchase rail passes before leaving the UK, although it is also possible to purchase a discounted Swiss transfer ticket when arriving at Geneva or Zurich airports, both of which have railway stations inside their terminals.
Ideally, try and find flights as close to your final destination is possible, as the money saved on a cheaper flight to a more distant city can easily be counterbalanced by the high cost of ground transfers, even when discounted train tickets are purchased - the Swiss trains are generally even more expensive than those in the UK, but at least they run on time.
Note that Swiss trains can be extremely expensive, but as the old saying goes,
you get what you pay for. Passes are available for booking, both beforehand
in the UK, and in the airport stations at Zurich and Geneva. Note that most
of these passes will not include the private mountain railway lines, which
are a must see on any Swiss travel itinerary. The Jungfraujoch line in particular
is one of the most impressive feats of engineering in Europe, with its ticket
prices likely to leave you almost as breathless as the mountain air at the
top.

Note about Currency in Switzerland

The currency in Switzerland is the Swiss Franc.
Switzerland is NOT a member of the EU, although Euros are accepted in some
shops, especially in towns and cities near the borders with other countries,
such as Geneva. Euro coins are also accepted on public transport in Geneva, but at an unfavourable exchange rate.

We hope that you have found this information about flights to Switzerland useful.

Mini guide to Switzerland

The Swiss were memorably described by Harry Lime (Orson Welles) in the 1949 film The Third Man as a nation of “chocolate and cuckoo clocks”. Though reductive, that alliterative phrase had behind it an understanding of Switzerland as the peaceable heart of Old Europe, concerned only with delicious sweetmeats and perfect timekeeping even as the rest of the world went to war around it. Inevitably, this oft-stated cliché - the Swiss as politically neutral and economically stable, all the better to preserve the idyllic calm of Lakes Geneva and Constance, the serene beauty of its mountains and forestry - has some truth to it. Yet with the financial tumult of bankers' paradise Zurich, wintersports action on offer in such resorts as Zermatt and St. Moritz, and the river Rhine hastening its way through Basel / Basle, it's not all peace and quiet.
And, perhaps rightly for the home of the UN, Switzerland serves as one of the great connecting nations: visitors are only ever a day trip away from France, Germany, Austria, Italy or even little Liechtenstein.