The new airline powdair, due to operate their first flights out of Sion on the 11th December, has announced that the airline’s key financial backer has pulled out of the project. This leaves powdair facing the situation of postponing the start of their flight schedule for this winter season. The airline has put out an appeal to anyone who would […]
New destination for passengers flying from Sion Airport
Swiss International Air Lines will offer travellers the option to fly from Sion to Portugal this winter. The company is testing the route with two round-trip journeys to Porto, Portugal’s second largest city, on 23 December and 6 January. Swiss did a similar thing last winter, with two taster flights to London Heathrow. This year, […]
Sion Airport gets ready to welcome new airline powdair
For the first time regular flights will run directly from Sion to the UK and other European destinations when powdair launches in December. The company is billing itself as a ‘mountain sports airline’. It will run all year round and is targeted not just at people coming to ski in the region, but summer tourists, […]