ECJ REJECTS SWISS CASE AGAINST GERMANY OVER ZURICH FLIGHT RESTRICTIONS
March 1st, 2013THE EUROPEAN Court of Justice has rejected a claim by the Swiss government that Germany had breached a 1999 European Union-Switzerland air transport agreement by restricting night and early morning flights to and from Zurich airport. Berlin insists on altitude minimums over German territory. The Swiss claimed this is a ban on flights, breaching the agreement. But judges disagreed - saying it was a permitted flight path change.
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