BASEL, SWITZERLAND – Airline Swiss will begin using City Airport in London rather than Heathrow for its Basel flights starting 21 May.

The airline says “the modifications to Swiss’s Basel services have been prompted by the planned sale of sister Lufthansa Group carrier bmi to the International Airlines Group.”

Basel, Switzerland (GenevaLunch) – Effective 2 December, Ryanair will no longer fly to Basel, the budget airline announced Tuesday 10 November. The company has said that it offered Basel airport 13 additional flights and 200,000 more passengers per year if the airport reduced its airport fees. The airport refused.

Ryanair flies to six destinations from Basel. The company says the airport will lose 200 jobs as a result of the closure. Passengers with flights after 2 December will be contacted for  a full refund, the company says.