PRESS RELEASE: Shorter waits and less airport stress: Swissport offers holiday travel tips

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 



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