Our flight to Vienna was at 10:25AM, so we got to the airport at around 9AM.
Airport exterior
Swiss handles Austrian’s check-in, and there was no queue at the business class counters. Our boarding passes were printed as far as Tokyo Narita.
Business class check-in
Business class check-in
Departures board
We walked towards security, where the queue was very short, and we were through within about five minutes or so.
Walking towards security
Physically Zurich Airport is one of my favorites given how modern it is, and how bright and airy the terminal feels.
Terminal
Terminal
Terminal
The Swiss lounge is located on the upper level of the terminal, and both the Senator and Business lounge share a single entrance. As a reminder, there are several other options available in Zurich if you have a credit card with lounge access.
Lounge entrance
The Senator Lounge is located to the left, and one of the nicer non-first class lounges in Europe. It is spread across two levels. The second level features high ceilings and plenty of seating.
Senator Lounge seating
Senator Lounge seating
That’s also where the business center is located.
Business center
Then there’s a lower level which has more seating, though the main food spread is located on the second level.
Senator Lounge seating
Senator Lounge seating
Cool model airplane display on second level
Then there’s a third level with a bar which is shared between both the Senator and Business Lounge. It’s a smoking lounge and also the longest airport bar in the world, if I’m not mistaken.
Longest airport bar in the world
In terms of the Senator Lounge food spread, it was actually quite decent. There was a cooler with all kinds of bottled drinks, and then next to it was the wine and booze selection.
Soft drinks
Wine
Booze
While there weren’t any hot options, the food spread was quite good and consisted of all kinds of bread/croissants, yogurt, cheese, meat, cereal, etc.
Breakfast spread
Breakfast spread
Breakfast spread
Breakfast spread
The lounge also had two of the greatest things to come from Switzerland — Mövenpick and Ricolla.
Mövenpick ice cream
Riiiiiiiiiiicola
My one gripe about the lounge is that in order to use the Wi-Fi you have to register and then have them SMS you an access code. That means for most of us you can only use the internet on one device, which is ridiculous.
At around 9:45AM we headed towards our departure gate, A72. It was about a 10 minute walk away.
Heading to our departure gate
Swiss short-haul aircraft
Longhaul traffic
European departures area
Our plane to Vienna
At around 10:05AM boarding was called, and this gate had self boarding, which was pretty awesome.
Self boarding
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