Free video about Zurich Airport. This free video was created for you by http://epsos.de and can be used for free under the creative commons license with the attribution of epSos.de as the original author of this Zurich Airport video. Thank you for supporting the creative commons movement !! The Zurich Airport ( IATA : ZRH, ICAO : LSZH, formerly Zurich-Kloten ) is the largest airport of Switzerland. He is by the listed Zurich Airport operated. In 2009 he was of more than eight million travelers in the Skytrax survey as the best airport in Europe elected;. worldwide he landed in fourth place. In 2012 was awarded the airport for the ninth consecutive year, the World Travel Award in the category "Europe's leading airport ". The main airport is located 13 kilometers north of the center of Zurich city in the municipality of Kloten, the airport area extends beyond the communities Opfikon, Zürich, Upper Straight and angle. The airport serves as a hub of Airlines Swiss and Air Berlin and is the home airport of Swiss Airlines, Belair (Air Berlin), Edelweiss Air and Helvetic Airways, as well as the seat of the Swiss Air Rescue (Rega). The existing infrastructure was upgraded by the fifth stage of construction, outdated systems were renewed and the existing facilities have been added. The construction phase cost around CHF 2.4 billion and was completed in 2004. Eight new projects have been realized in this fifth stage of construction. The majority of these airport expansion was the construction of a third Terminals, the satellite terminals Dock E (Midfield), which is 488 meters long and depending on the aircraft provides 19 to 27 pitches. It lies between the slopes 16/34 and 14/32 and by the air track Skymetro, a road tunnel and through underground baggage conveyor belts developed. With the Zurich 2010 project were the Schengen Agreement and the security controls implemented centralized. Important sub-projects were the renovation of the dock B, the construction of a new central security check building (SKG) and enlargement and division of Skymetro. Since 28 March 2010 is Zurich from Singapore Airlines regularly with the Airbus A380 fly. According to London-Heathrow and Paris-Charles-de-Gaulle Zurich was the third European airport where the A380 operates a service. As of 1 January 2014 Emirates Airlines on her afternoon connection to Zurich the smaller Boeing 777 replaced by the Airbus A380. In contrast to Singapore Airlines, Emirates stroking her second connection is not in the evening, the daily capacity thus increases to around 870 seats. The Zurich Airport (FZAG) based in Kloten is the owner and operator of Zurich Airport. The semi-public joint stock company was established in April 2000 and is listed on the SIX Swiss Exchange listed; largest single shareholder is the canton of Zurich, which must at all times keep at least one third of the share capital. From the foundation to April 2010, the FZAG stepped outside under the name Unique, while the name Unique (Flughafen Zurich AG) was used in official publications, the Unique brand has since been used only for activities abroad. The Zurich Airport emerged in its current form on 1 April 2000 by the merger of airport real estate company (FIG) and the Zurich Airport Directorate (RDC). The airport property company FIG, whose roots go back to November 1948 a stock company was (since 1984), headquartered in last Kloten and responsible for the construction and operation of the buildings at the airport. Significant shareholders of FIG were the Canton of Zurich (23 percent) and the City of Zurich (18 percent). The Airport Zurich Directorate was attached to the cantonal Ministry of Economic Affairs and the formal owner of the airport as a whole system. The responsibilities included the construction and operation of civil engineering projects (runways, taxiways), airport operations, the negotiation and implementation of the operating regulations and the political representation of the airport. The privatization of the FIG and the steady growth of the airport led to political foray to become independent the Zurich airport and for this purpose the RDC to spin off from the cantonal administration and to merge with the FIG. On the foray towards a new airport law was drafted and on 12 July 1999 approved by the Cantonal Council with 60 percent votes. The airport law was adopted on 28 November presented the Zurich voting citizens to vote and adopted by those with 61 percent votes. April recorded as Airport Zurich AG (FZAG) their operation. Thank you for supporting the creative commons movement !!

• published: 01 Mar 2014
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