New airline ‘Powdair’ launches opening routes into heart of the Swiss Alps

Skier-friendly airline Powdair just made getting to some of our favourite Swiss ski resorts much easier with regular flights to Sion

New skier-friendly airline Powdair has just launched ticket sales on their website, with a winter schedule that links Sion Airport with eight destinations across the UK, Germany and Belgium.

The airline, based in Sion in the heart of Switzerland’s Valais region, will offer skiers and snowboarders from the UK, Northern Germany and the Benelux Countries the chance to reach some of the world’s most famous ski resorts quickly and efficiently. The 8 airports Powdair will serve are: London Luton, London Southend, Southampton, Bristol, Manchester and Edinburgh in the UK, plus Antwerp and Hamburg.

Flights will commence from December 14, 2017 and will significantly cut transfer times to some of Switzerland’s most popular ski resorts, including Zermatt, Verbier, Saas Fee, Crans Montana and Nendaz. A variety of transfer options from Sion Airport to onward destinations are available to book at the point of ticket purchase, including shared and private journeys to the major resorts in the region.

Aline Bovier-Gantzer from Sion Airport commented: “We are really excited to welcome powdair into Sion and fly to new destinations in the UK, Germany and Belgium. The chance to bring in winter sports tourists into Sion Airport is a great opportunity for the region and we are looking forward to welcoming our new guests here. Our airport is ideally located to easily reach the well-known ski resorts in the Valais and we hope that it will also provide a link from Sion to destinations such as London and Edinburgh as well.”

Ticket pricing for Powdair will be completely transparent too, with very little fluctuation across peak dates, meaning that families won’t feel hard done by during the busier school holiday periods. It means those flights will likely book up fast, but at little or no extra cost compared to during non-peak times.

Powdair considers itself a ‘single class’ rather than budget airline, and average fare prices will be £140 – which includes skis/snowboards and up to 23kg of luggage. See how this stacks up against other airline’s ski baggage fees here.

Powdair winter flight timetable:

Regarding the new flights into Sion, Marcelline Kuonen, Head of Experience and Market Management at Valais Promotion, said: “We are looking forward to seeing direct flights into the Valais region commencing in December this year with powdair and welcoming more guests into our fantastic region. The Valais is one of Europe’s premier winter sports regions in the very heart of the Alps with destinations such as Zermatt, Saas Fee, Verbier and Crans Montana – some of the world’s top ski resorts – within easy reach of Sion Airport. The new flight routes with powdair will make it even easier for skiers and snowboarders from Great Britain, Germany and the Benelux Countries to visit the Valais and we very much welcome this new initiative”.

Powdair’s ‘Head of Commercial’ Zoë Ombler also added: “It’s not every day that we get to launch an airline, and especially one that opens up a completely new route into an airport that is so close to some of the world’s best ski resorts. The response we have already seen shows the kind of interest people have in the area and regular, scheduled flights into Sion are long overdue. Every winter sports enthusiast knows about the sheer quality of ski resorts in the Valais region and we are proud to be able to help our customers reach those resorts faster than any other available option.”