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Shorter waits and less airport stress: Swissport offers holiday travel tips
Jul 02, 2009 (Hugin via COMTEX) --
Zurich, 2 July 2009 - Swissport International, the world's leading
provider of ground services to the aviation sector, is well prepared
for the coming vacation rush at Zurich, Basel and Geneva airports,
and will have additional staff on duty on the peak days when it may
process up to 100 000 passengers. Swissport also advises all
travellers to check when they need to be at the airport, to get there
in good time and to make full use of the online web-check-in option
and the airport's self-check-in machines.
Quick and smooth airport formalities are in the interests of
everyone:
the airport, the airlines, the ground handlers and (above all) the
traveller. Switzerland's three leading airports - Zurich, Geneva and
Basel - are fully prepared for the peak travel days of the 2009
summer season. Swissport is familiar with such situations, and has
already made the preparations required to manage the increased
passenger flows as effectively as possible. Incidentally, 60% of
Swiss International Air Lines customers from Zurich now use
alternative check-in options such as web-check-in or the self-service
machines on the check-in concourse, an increase of more than 50%
since the same time last year.
Further useful travel tips:
. Always check your travel documents to see when you need to be at
the airport (or find this out from the airport's own website), and
leave early enough to get there in good time.
. Use online check-in facilities. Full details are available on each
airline's website or at www.web-check-in.com. You can still select
your seat, and will be able to print out your boarding pass, too.
. Use the self-service machines on the airport's check-in concourse.
Registered baggage can be handed in at the specially-designated
desks.
. Use public transport. You can also check-in at numerous SBB railway
stations (one day before, handing in your registered baggage and
receiving your boarding pass). Further details at:
http://mct.sbb.ch/mct/reisemarkt/services/schalter/reisegepaeck/flyrail-baggage.
htm
. Use the advance check-in facility, which enables you to check in
for your flight the evening before from 20:00 onwards and receive
your boarding pass, too. Travellers on SWISS can check in as early as
24 hours prior to departure.
Always keep your travel documents (ticket/passport etc.) conveniently
to hand. Even with Schengen, these documents will be inspected at the
gate. And don't forget: you are only allowed up to 100 millilitres of
any liquid, gel or cream in your carry-on baggage.
Swissport International Ltd., which is owned by Ferrovial, a leading
global infrastructure and service corporation based in Spain,
provides ground services for over 70 million passengers and 3.5
million tonnes of cargo a year on behalf of some 650 client
companies. With its workforce of around 33 000 personnel, Swissport
is active at 173 airports in 38 countries on five continents, and
generated consolidated operating revenue of CHF 1.9 billion (EUR 1.2
billion or USD 1.7 billion) last year. www.swissport.com /
www.ferrovial.com
Swissport International Ltd.
Corporate Communications
P.O. Box
CH-8058 Zurich Airport
Media contact:
Marketing Dynamics AG
CH-8152 Glattbrugg
Phone: +41 43 812 4950
Mobile: +41 79 638 9939
Fax: +41 43 321 2560
Email: beerli@mdynamics.ch
Please click the following links for media release in pdf and
picture:
This announcement was originally distributed by Hugin. The issuer is
solely responsible for the content of this announcement.
SOURCE: Swissport International AG
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