AÉROPORT DE LUGANO

Regular flights to Geneva and Zurich. The airport is not the biggest in Switzerland, but it can be useful. It handles 175,000 passengers a year. It is 6 km from Lugano and only 30 km from the Italian border. It operates regional flights and cannot handle long-haul flights. The airport is easily reached by public transport, with the Lugano Ponte-Tresa train departing from Lugano station. Swiss operates the majority of flights to Lugano and from Zurich.