SWISS special flight from Oman lands in Zurich

A special flight operated by Swiss International Airlines (SWISS) from Oman landed in Zurich on Thursday afternoon. On board the fully booked aircraft were Swiss travellers returning from the crisis region. + Get the most important news from Switzerland in your inbox The aircraft, flight number LX7043, landed in Zurich at 2:40 pm, as can be seen on the Zurich Airport website. With this flight, SWISS wants to make a contribution to helping those affected by the difficult situation, as the airline wrote in a press release. The special flight took off from Muscat in Oman on Thursday morning. According to SWISS, there were 211 passengers on board – 205 adults and six children. These were people who already had a SWISS ticket and were unable to travel due to the current situation, as well as Swiss nationals who had registered with the Federal Department of Foreign Affairs (FDFA) as travelling to Oman. Within less than 48 hours, around 40 employees had made this flight possible, SWISS wrote.