The Zurich hub operations department confirmed to Keystone-ATS on Sunday the cancellation of 40 flights on Saturday evening, then a dozen more on Sunday morning (illustrative image).Keystone
In Zurich, freezing rain and snow led to the cancellation of around fifty flights.
Freezing rain, frost and snowfall disrupted air traffic on Saturday evening and Sunday morning at Zurich-Kloten Airport. Around fifty flights had to be cancelled.
The Zurich hub operations department confirmed to Keystone-ATS on Sunday the cancellation of 40 flights on Saturday evening, then a dozen more on Sunday morning. The Sunday deletions, unlike those of the day before, were not directly linked to the weather in Zurich, but to cascading effects. Several crews were not present because they were held up at other airports.
Frost, frost and black ice are not only a problem for the runways but also for the aircraft cabin, explained the Kloten operations center. This type of disruption occurs on average once or twice a year.
In the city of Berne, on Sunday morning, the freezing rain which froze the catenaries caused delays and cancellations in tram and bus traffic. Replacement vehicles were put in place, with some delays. The disruptions were lifted around mid-morning.
11 accidents in Friborg
In Geneva, at least six flights were canceled on Sunday morning, to German and British destinations, as well as to Copenhagen and Zurich. In Geneva itself, as well as in the Lake Geneva region and in Valais, the weather was mild and mild on Sunday morning, indicates MétéoSuisse.
In French-speaking Switzerland, disruptions due to the weather mainly affected the Jura and the Trois-Lakes region. In the canton of Fribourg, the police recorded eleven accidents involving around thirty vehicles between Saturday evening 7 p.m. and Sunday around 2 a.m., due to icy roads, police said Freedom.
In the Jura, freezing rain caused a few accidents on Saturday evening, but without particular seriousness, according to the police and regional media.
The warm weather was very noticeable. Temperatures remained positive overnight from Saturday to Sunday almost everywhere in Switzerland. The natural hazards map indicated a marked risk of avalanche (level 3) in many Alpine regions. (chl/ats)
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