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The federal government is canceling the idea of using the Dübendorf military airfield for commercial aircraft. The neighboring communities are happy.
It is the oldest airfield in Switzerland: the Zurich military airfield. Six years ago, the federal government decided to use the huge site for commercial aviation, among other things. In addition, a business innovation park was to be built on the site and it was also planned to continue with the army. But as the federal government announced Wednesday, it no longer wants to pursue plans for commercial aviation. This for the following reasons:
- On the one hand, the neighboring communities of Dübendorf, Wangen-Brüttisellen and Volketswil have always expressed great reservations about the private jets planned in the area.
- Zurich’s administrative court slowed down the innovation park originally planned on the site this summer: it canceled planning for the big project.
- When planning civil aviation, according to the Federal Council, “issues arose that were not foreseeable at first.” It remains unresolved, for example, how another airport should be operated safely next to Zurich airport.
The canton is now deciding how to proceed at the airport.
Keystone
As the federal government writes, it no longer works with Flugplatz Dübendorf AG. The managing director, Urs Brütsch, is now awaiting compensation from the federal government. “The framework agreement stipulates that the federal government must pay compensation if it interrupts procedures or suspends the conversion to a civil aerodrome.”
I dare to put a sum of ten million francs in the room.
The amount of this amount is still open because it is not yet clear how long the judicial process will take. “I dare to put an amount of ten million francs in the room,” said Brütsch.
The churches are happy
While there is consternation at Flugplatz Dübendorf AG, the local communities are satisfied. The mayor of Dübendorf, André Ingold, speaks of “good news”. “We always hoped we were right on this issue. We didn’t expect it to come so fast and communicate so clearly, ”says Ingold.
We wanted to avoid extending flight times.
The community wanted to protect the population from the additional noise of the planes at night and on weekends: “We wanted to avoid extending flight times.” Now the canton of Zurich is in charge of how things should proceed at the military airfield. A task force created by the canton should present a report on the matter from next spring.
