ZRH is a spotter's heaven. The observation deck on top of Terminal E opens from 7:45 to 20:00 during the summer. You simply walk out of the terminal and follow the sign to a small house besides the airport parking lot, pay CHF2, go thru an x-ray scan and you are into the waiting area. The bus runs from there every 1/2 hour to Terminal E. Terminal E is dedicate to long haul flights. Part of the 3rd floor are the lounges of the airlines. The other part is the observation deck. By noon the deck was full of people. There are some playground toys for the kids, so many families go there. When I was there some of the Swiss boarder police officers were having lunch and enjoy the sun there. It's a very peaceful (except the noise) place. The observation deck is best from morning to early afternoon. It has clear view of RWY 16/34 and 8/26. When I was there they were primarily landing on 14 and taking off on 16 and 26. Terminal E was a busy place in the morning with all the LX long haul, AA, DL, CO and US 767s, plus BA, EasyJet and some Turkish airlines. LX's European flights plus most of other European airlines use Terminal A and B.
Onto the pictures:
TG has a daily flight to ZRH using A-346. It's towed to the remote parking stand until 11:30 or so, when it returns to Terminal E to for returning trip to BKK. This is shot from the parking lot building.
The Zurich Shopping special scheme again
The most exotic airliner I saw in ZRH -- A319 of Armenian airline Armavia.
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