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Solar Impulse’s round-the-world flight marks its 10th anniversary
2+ hour, 8+ min ago (212+ words) Find topics and contents This 17-stage journey lasted over 16 months, culminating in its landing in Abu Dhabi, in the United Arab Emirates, where it was welcomed by the then Federal Councillor Doris Leuthard. Weighing just one and a half tonnes…...
Fifty passengers evacuated from Zurich airport Skymetro
5+ day, 21+ hour ago (122+ words) Find topics and contents The fully automated metro linking the airport’s main building to Terminal E came to a halt on the 1.1-kilometre route. The airport confirmed a report to this effect by 20 Minuten on Monday. It told Keystone-SDA that…...
Construction of Zurich Airport began 80 years ago
3+ week, 8+ min ago (234+ words) A consortium of engineers and architects chose the partly wooded moorland area of the Kloten-Bülach military training area north of Zurich as the site of a new civil airport. In 1943, the Federal Military Department agreed to relinquish the military training…...
Forest fire breaks out in Swiss canton Ticino
3+ week, 5+ day ago (137+ words) The authorities described the blaze as a major fire, and said that fire-fighting operations were already under way. According to Swiss public broadcaster RSI, a forest fire is burning near the village of Cardada on the slopes of Cimetta, a…...
Air traffic accidents increase by 20% in Switzerland
1+ mon, 3+ week ago (128+ words) Another person died in a helicopter accident in agriculture. According to FOCA’s 2025 incident statistics, there were no fatal accidents in commercial aviation last year. The authority processed a total of 14,972 reports last year. FOCA cited a better reporting culture, more…...
Switzerland's first F-35 jet being assembled
1+ mon, 4+ week ago (111+ words) Production of the first components for Swiss aircraft has already begun, stated armasuisse. The next phases of production and assembly will follow in the coming months. More than 2,100 subcontractors around the world are active in the production chain. This content…...
Swiss army continues field tests of minidrones
2+ mon, 6+ day ago (262+ words) The Swiss army says that “drones are increasingly expanding the possibilities for reconnaissance and attack”. Minidrones are used for reconnaissance and exploration missions and can gather intelligence without endangering human lives. + Read about the dilemma of producing military drones in…...
Swiss army practises shooting from helicopters in France
2+ mon, 1+ week ago (222+ words) The exercise will take place from May 15-22, 2026, in Solenzara (France), the Army announced on Friday. A Cougar helicopter will be used for the exercise. The aim of the training is to practise firing at moving targets and to review the…...
SWISS to resume Tel Aviv flights in July
2+ mon, 1+ week ago (134+ words) In the meantime, the Swiss airline said it will make all the necessary operational preparations to offer this route to its passengers again. While a number of airlines in the Lufthansa Group have decided to resume their flights to Tel…...
Swiss aviation fuel reserves below mandatory levels
3+ mon, 4+ day ago (309+ words) The target for the range of compulsory stocks of aviation petrol is three months, or 90 days, of average sales over the last three years at Swiss airports (excluding Basel). A spokesperson for the Federal Office for National Economic Supply (FONES)…...