Swiss civil aviation (scheduled and charter flights and general aviation) recorded a total of 1.3 million aircraft movements (take-offs and landings) in 2022. This is 13% more than in 2021, but 3% less than in 2019, the year before the COVID-19 pandemic began. The number of passengers reached around 44.2 million in 2022, 119% more than in 2021 but 25% less than in 2019.
While general aviation with mostly small aircraft accounted for around 74% of aircraft movements in 2022, scheduled and charter traffic dominated passenger traffic with a share of 99% (corresponding to 43.6 million passengers).
Timely evaluations of scheduled and charter traffic (annual and quarterly data) can be found here:
