{"id":14653,"date":"2026-09-17T08:31:21","date_gmt":"2026-09-17T06:31:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.lcta.ch\/?p=14653"},"modified":"2026-09-17T08:33:38","modified_gmt":"2026-09-17T06:33:38","slug":"lugano-geneva-a-step-forward-for-the-air-connection","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lcta.ch\/en\/lugano-geneva-a-step-forward-for-the-air-connection\/","title":{"rendered":"Lugano-Geneva: A Step Forward for the Air Connection"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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A step forward toward restoring the air connection between Lugano and Geneva: the Council of States has approved a targeted exemption from the cabotage ban as part of the revision of the Federal Aviation Act.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The proposal originated from a parliamentary initiative introduced by Council of States member Fabio Regazzi and was subsequently incorporated into the revision of the Act. Together with other business and tourism associations from Italian-speaking Switzerland, LCTA supported the proposal by signing a position paper promoted by ASPASI (Association of Passengers and Airports of Italian-speaking Switzerland).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Geneva and Lugano are traditionally recognized as Switzerland\u2019s second- and third-largest financial centers and, respectively, its first- and third-largest commodity trading hubs. For LCTA, a direct air connection would strengthen business ties and professional relationships between the two hubs, while supporting the competitiveness of the sector in Ticino.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The matter now moves to the National Council, which will be called upon to decide whether to confirm the exemption.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

More information is available in ASPASI\u2019s press release (in Italian): LUGANO-GENEVA: Another Step Toward Air Connectivity \u2013 ASPASI<\/a> (16.09.2026)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

A step forward toward restoring the air connection between Lugano and Geneva: the Council of States has approved a targeted exemption from the cabotage ban as part of the revision of the Federal Aviation Act. The proposal originated from a parliamentary initiative introduced by Council of States member Fabio Regazzi and was subsequently incorporated into […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":14665,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[53],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-14653","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-article"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-09-25 13:57:28","action":"category","newStatus":"draft","terms":[49],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lcta.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14653","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lcta.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lcta.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lcta.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lcta.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14653"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.lcta.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14653\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":14661,"href":"https:\/\/www.lcta.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14653\/revisions\/14661"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lcta.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/14665"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lcta.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14653"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lcta.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14653"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lcta.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14653"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}