US Edition'Technical Problem': Geneva Airport Forced to Cut Number of Planes Landing
- Geneva Airport, Switzerland's second-largest, began a 20 percent cut in aircraft landings on Monday due to a technical issue.
- The reduction follows multiple radar system malfunctions affecting air traffic controllers, mainly in Geneva, which caused brief image losses on several workstations.
- Skyguide, the organization managing Switzerland's air traffic, intends to upgrade its systems starting in Geneva, followed by Zurich Airport, while a dedicated taskforce oversees the ongoing situation.
- Skyguide said it will reduce arrivals from 22 to around 18 flights per hour as a "temporary safety measure" until a solution to the latent technical problem is implemented.
- This reduction in arrivals may result in flight delays and highlights ongoing difficulties following previous outages, but at no point has the safety of air traffic been compromised.
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This is a safety measure, and it must be expected that it will be delayed.
On Monday, Skyguide reduced the approach capacity for Geneva airport by 20 percent, as reported by Swiss air traffic control. The background was a "latent technical problem" for which a solution had to be implemented.
Swiss air traffic control system Skyguide is precautionaryly reducing the approach capacity at Geneva airport by 20 percent. The reason for this preliminary safety measure is a malfunction of an air traffic management system.
Skyguide, the air traffic control company, reduces its approach capacity at Geneva Airport (GVA) in Switzerland due to multiple malfunctions of a radar system. Skyguide announced on 2 June 2025 a 20% reduction in capacity for the day, after having noticed seven malfunctions in the system providing radar images to air traffic controllers, during which some workstations lost radar image for a few seconds. "This phenomenon occurred mainly in Geneva…
The Federal air traffic control company is confronted with an internal system breakdown just before the main holiday period. This has consequences for the passengers. Swiss is surprised.
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