 Poster: A snowHead
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I guess it's airport charges, but I've seen nothing about this in the press - anyone know the story?
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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Not sure why they dropped Zurich, but Basle came in as a new one at the same time that Zurich was dropped.
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Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
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Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
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Ah well. I've booked 4 flights to Basel from Liverpool for this winter - hope it works out ok. Don't really like the idea of having to get a bus from the airport to the railway station.
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And Basle is a very long way from St Anton.
I found a not too expensive flight to Zurich (with a 3/4 hour stop-over at Dusseldorf) with Lufthansa. But of course the Easijet was much cheaper and more convenient.
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| telford_mike wrote: |
| Ah well. I've booked 4 flights to Basel from Liverpool for this winter - hope it works out ok. Don't really like the idea of having to get a bus from the airport to the railway station. |
It's worth looking at this site and entering Basel airport as your departure point. One destination I looked at was only half an hour further away (by bus all the way) than the equivalent rail journey from Zurich. Swiss busses are very comfortable. For those travelling from north of London, Luton for the eayjet flight, is far better than Heathrow - and easyjet can still make sense.
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Nick Zotov, Half an hour extra to where? Surely people go to other places from Zurich as well as St Anton.
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Shame no airline uses Bern in Switzerland
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snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
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And love to help out and answer questions and of course, read each other's snow reports.
And love to help out and answer questions and of course, read each other's snow reports.
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Chris Brookes, Yes well Dan Air used to fly into there but they had a few problems, like cabin doors coming open during the flight, and a subsidiary of Swiss Air used to fly London City to Bern but that stopped when Swiss Air became a financial nightmare that was reborn as Swiss.
It's funny really I get the distinct impression that someone is making it harder to get to Central Switzerland, Trains no longer running, planes no longer flying, is there a conspiracy out there of some description ?
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Surely people go to other places from Zurich as well as St Anton.
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Engelberg, Andermatt, Davos, Klosters, Wengen, Flims, Meringen; though I've only done the first 5 of this list, the first 4 for weekends.
Yes a pity that easyjet stopped it's Zurich service. However, Swiss aren't too bad for price if you book in advance. I booked last week for a long weekend in December and it was a shade over £100.
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You know it makes sense.
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is there a conspiracy out there of some description ?
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Must be because its becoming a joke
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Otherwise you'll just go on seeing the one name:
Otherwise you'll just go on seeing the one name:
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Poster: A snowHead
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We regularly flew easyjet from Birmingham to Zurich, then suddenly no more easyjet to Zurich. Bummer. This christmas have booked via Swiss air (or its latest incarnation.) But it is alot more expensive with aparty of seven!
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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The transfer to the station at Basel isn't too bad. There is a bus every 10 mins that goes door to door, and it takes about 20 mins. For Interlaken, it is slightly quicker than the journey from Zurich, even taking into account the bus journey.
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Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
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Im glad. Hopefully it will deter alot of the English Rif-raf that has been turning up in the Alberg over the last few years 
Hope RyanAir close down Friedrichshafen if they havent allready !
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Elizabeth B, i have never used Basel to get to Murren. Is it worth considering then in the future ?
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Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
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Chris , I think so. If you have time, go via Lucern and spend an hour or two there, before getting the train over the Bruinig Pass. Beautiful 
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Elizabeth, food for thought ! thanks
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Although EasyJet can be considerably cheaper than Swiss at times, when I regularly flying London<->Zurich, Crossair/Swiss were often cheaper (one example was I travelled at the same time as a colleague who lived near Luton and paid £100 less than him and I got to fly from London City). I all depends on when you fly and when you book, but it's always checking all the airlines.
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Still Basle station is being thoroughly modernised and it has got excellent conections it has almost as many platforms as Clapham Junction 
, it can't be the Germans because they still have trains right through to Interlaken 