Planning your Journey

Bern airport offers short check-in times. If you are booked on a holiday flight please be at the airport at least 50 minutes before the scheduled departure time of your flight. Save time to pack your luggage at home and get into a holiday mood.

The airport terminal opens 2 hours before the first departure.

Check-in possibilities:

* Check-in at the airport possible from 24 hours onwards before departure time. The check-in counters are open up to 19:00.

This is not an exhaustive list and we recommend you check with your airline or travel agent if in doubt. 

* Liquids in hand baggage
Liquids, gels, creams, pastes and aerosols in hand baggage are only allowed in containers with a maximum size of 100ml (1 dl). The containers must fit easily in a transparent, re-sealable plastic bag with a maximum size of one liter. The plastic bag must be shown at the security checkpoint separately from your other hand luggage.  One plastic bag is allowed per person. This also applies to children and infants. 

Certain liquids of more than 100ml per container may be allowed, these being:

• Medication in liquid form required for your journey
• Baby food and special dietary foods

These liquids must be shown at the security point where they will be subjected to additional checks. You may only take these liquids on board your flight if they have been approved by the security staff.

** Firelighters in hand baggage
One lighter per person is allowed, provided it is carried on your person and not in your hand baggage.

*** Batteries and battery packs in your luggage
For safety reasons you are not allowed to carry any spare batteries or power banks in your checked-in baggage . You may take spare batteries and power banks, which contain lithium, in your hand baggage as well as e-cigarettes provided the maximum output of these objects does not exceed 160 Wh (watt-hours) and that following conditions are met:

• If the output of each battery and/or each power bank exceeds 100 Wh then no more than two spare batteries and/or power banks can be carried in your hand luggage.
• The battery’s electrical connections must be protected from contact with metal or other batteries as this could cause the battery to short circuit. We recommend the batteries are kept in their original packaging. If the original packaging is not available, you must tape over the electrical connections.

Batteries in a portable electronic device (PED) with an output not exceeding 100 Wh may be carried in your hand luggage or in your checked-in luggage. Batteries over 160 Wh (e.g. large power banks and car batteries and others) are forbidden as both hand luggage and checked-in luggage. Any special regulations and limitations by the airlines must be observed.

In the event of denied boarding, flight cancellation, significant delays or downgradings Bern Airport and the Swiss Federal Office of Civil Aviation (FOCA) will inform passengers about their entitlement to compensation. The printed flyer is based on the rights for airline passengers as defined in the EC (European Community) Regulation 261/2004. In Switzerland the EC Regulation 261/2004 is applied based on the bilateral air traffic treaty between Switzerland and the European Community (SR 0.748.127.192.68, see also subsection 7 «Consumer Protection» in  the appendix to the treaty).

Further information is available here. 

Bern Airport offers travel assistance to passengers with reduced mobility due to age or handicap. We accompany and assist them from their arrival at the airport to boarding of the aeroplane. This service is also provided for passengers landing with a flight up to their leaving the airport. We will also be happy to assist at checkin with their luggage and baggage reclaim on arrival of their flight. We can also accompany them through passport control, customs and security check. 

For further information click here. 

If a child is travelling alone or with only one parent, please note that in some cases written travel permission by the parents or by the parent not travelling with the child will be required. Without these travel documents the authorities of the countries involved can refuse entry or exit permission for the child. In addition the airline or the airport may be subject to substantial fines.

Please note that some countries have special entry requirements for children travelling with only one parent or travelling alone. Please ensure you have all necessary documents before embarking on your journey or before bringing your child to the airport. If these documents are not provided the airline or airport may be subject to substantial fines.