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Find out the check-in times for our SWISS flights to ensure you're relaxed when we welcome you on board on the day of your flightFind out the check-in times for our SWISS operated flights to ensure you're relaxed when we welcome you on board on the day of your flight..

Check-in from 23 hours before take-off
Check-in the evening before in Switzerland and Germany
Check-in for passengers with special needs
Check-in times at the counter

Check-in from 23 hours before take-off

Whether travelling with or without baggage: use Web Check-in and Mobile Check-in from 23 hours before departure. Check-in with no time pressure - from home, the office or anywhere else.

Check-in guide

Check-in evening before in Switzerland, Germany and Austria

If you are in Switzerland, Germany and Ausrtia you can check-in the evening before. You check-in your baggage and receive your boarding pass(es). This keeps pressure to a minimum on the day of your flight. Please observe the airport information given below.

Check-in for passengers with special needs

For check-in and the care of unaccompanied minors and passengers with disabilities (wheelchair, vision or hearing impairments, etc.), sign up at least 1 hour before closing time of check-in at the airport counter. The times they are in the table below.

Check-in for codeshare flights

For codeshare flights please consider the check-in times of the operating carrier.

Airport	Counter opening before departure	Counter closure	Terminal
Amsterdam	latest 2 hrs	Business: 40 min Economy: 45 min	Departure Hall 1
Athens	latest 2 hrs	Business: 30 min Economy: 40 min	Main terminal

Airport	Counter opening before departure	Counter closure	Terminal
Bangkok	latest 3 hrs	First: 40 min Business: 40 min Economy: 60 min	Main terminal Row G
Barcelona	latest 2 hrs	Business: 35 min Economy: 40 min	Terminal 1
Basel	24 hrs	Business: 30 min Economy: 40 min	Main terminal
Beijing	latest 3 hrs	First: 45 min Business: 45 min Economy: 60 min	Terminal 3
Belgrade	latest 2 hrs	Business: 30 min Economy: 40 min	Terminal 1
Berlin Tegel	latest 2 hrs	Business: 30 min Economy: 40 min	Terminal A
	Check-in the evening before for all classes: 18:00-21:00 hrs for flights until 10:00 hrs the next day		SWISS counters 65-71
Birmingham	latest 2 hrs	Business: 30 min Economy: 40 min	Terminal 1
Boston	latest 3 hrs	First: 60 min Business: 60 min Economy: 90 min	Terminal E
Brussels	latest 2 hrs	Business: 40 min Economy: 45 min	Main terminal
Bucarest	latest 2 hrs	Business: 30 min Economy: 45 min	Departure terminal
Budapest	latest 2 hrs	Business: 30 min Economy: 40 min	Terminal 2A

Airport	Counter opening before departure	Counter closure	Terminal
Cairo	latest 3 hrs	First: 45 min Business: 45 min Economy: 60 min	Terminal 3
Chicago	latest 3 hrs	First: 60 min Business: 60 min Economy: 90 min	Terminal 5
Copenhagen	latest 2 hrs	Business: 30 min Economy: 45 min	Terminal 2

Airport	Counter opening before departure	Counter closure	Terminal
Dar es Salaam	latest 3 hrs	First 60 min Business: 60 min Economy: 90 min	Terminal 2
Delhi	latest 3 hrs	First: 60 min Business: 60 min Economy: 75 min	Terminal 3
Douala	latest 3 hrs	First: 60 min Business: 60 min Economy: 90 min	Main terminal
Dubai	latest 3 hrs	First: 60 min Business: 60 min Economy: 90 min	Terminal 1
Dublin	latest 2 hrs	Business: 30 min Economy: 40 min	Main terminal
Düsseldorf	24 hrs	Business: 30 min Economy: 40 min	Terminal A
	Check-in the evening before for all classes: 18:00-21:00 hrs for flights until 10:00 hrs the next day		All Lufthansa counters

Airport	Counter opening before departure	Counter closure	Terminal
Florence	latest 2 hrs	Business: 30 min Economy: 35 min	Hauptterminal
Frankfurt	24 hrs	Business: 30 min Economy: 40 min	Terminal 1
	Check-in the evening before for all classes: 18:00-22:00 hrs for flights until 14:30 hrs the day		All Lufthansa desks

Airport	Counter opening before departure	Counter closure	Terminal
Geneva	24 hrs	First: 35 min Business: 35 min Economy: 40 min Exception to the US: First: 60 min Business: 60 min Economy: 70 min	Terminal 1
	Check-in the evening before for all classes: 05:00-21:00 hrs for flights within the next 24 hours. Exception: It is not possible to check in the evening before for flights to LX3203 Washington with United Airlines.		SWISS counters 60-78

Airport	Counter opening before departure	Counter closure	Terminal
Hamburg	24 hrs	Business: 30 min Economy: 40 min	Terminal 2
	Check-in the evening before for all classes: 19:00-21:00 hrs for flights within the next 24hrs		Lufthansa counters 8/9
Hanover	24 hrs	Business: 30 min Economy: 40 min	Terminal A
	Check-in the evening before for all classes: 19:30-20:30 hrs for flights on the next day		All Lufthansa Economy and Business counter
Hong Kong	latest 3 hrs	First: 45 min Business: 45 min Economy: 60 min	SWISS Check-in Island D

Airport	Counter opening before departure	Counter closure	Terminal
Istanbul	latest 2 hrs	Business: 40 min Economy: 60 min	International

Airport	Counter opening before departure	Counter closure	Terminal
Johannesburg	latest 3 hrs	First: 45 min Business: 45 min Economy: 60 min	International Terminal 1

Airport	Counter opening before departure	Counter closure	Terminal
Lisbon	latest 2 hrs	Business: 35 min Economy: 40 min	Hauptterminal
London City	latest 2 hrs	Business: 20 min Economy: 30 min	Hauptterminal
London Heathrow	latest 2 hrs	Business: 30 min Economy: 45 min	Terminal 1
Los Angeles	latest 3 hrs	First: 60 min Business: 60 min Economy: 90 min	Tom Bradley International Terminal
Lugano	latest 2 hrs	Business: 20 min Economy: 20 min	Main terminal
	Check-in the evening before for all classes: 06:30-18:15 hrs for flights within the next 24 hours		All SWISS counters
Luxembourg	latest 2 hrs	Business: 30 min Economy: 45 min	Aerogare
Lyon	latest 2 hrs	Business: 30 min Economy: 40 min	Terminal 1

Airport	Counter opening before departure	Counter closure	Terminal
Madrid	latest 2 hrs	Business: 35 min Economy: 40 min	Terminal 2
Malaga	latest 2 hrs	Business: 35 min Economy: 40 min	Terminal 3
Manchester	latest 2 hrs	Business: 30 min Economy: 40 min	Terminal 1
Miami	latest 2 hrs	First: 60 min Business: 60 min Economy: 90 min	Concourse J
Milan	latest 2 hrs	Business: 35 min Economy: 40 min	Terminal 1
Montreal	latest 3 hrs	First: 40 min Business: 40 min Economy: 60 min	Intercontinental
Moscow	latest 2 hrs	Business: 45 min Economy: 50 min	Module A
Mumbai / Bombay	latest 3 hrs	First: 60 min Business: 60 min Economy: 75 min	Terminal 2 Wing B
Munich	24 hrs	Business: 30 min Economy: 40 min	Terminal 2
	Check-in the evening before for all classes: 19:00-21:00 hrs for flights within the next 24 hours.		All Lufthansa counters
Muscat	latest 3 hrs	First: 45 min Business: 45 min Economy: 60 min	Main terminal

Airport	Counter opening before departure	Counter closure	Terminal
Nairobi	latest 3 hrs	First: 55 min Business: 55 min Economy: 75 min	Unit 1
Newark	latest 3 hrs	First: 60 min Business: 60 min Economy: 90 min	Terminal B
New York	latest 3 hrs	First: 60 min Business: 60 min Economy: 90 min	Terminal 4 Row 3
Nice	latest 2 hrs	Business: 40 min Economy: 45 min	Terminal 1
Nuremberg	24 hours	Business: 30 min Economy: 40 min	Terminal 2
	Check-in the evening before for all classes: 18:00-21:00 hrs for flights within the next 24 hours		All Lufthansa counters

Airport	Counter opening before departure	Counter closure	Terminal
Oslo	latest 2 hrs	Business: 30 min Economy: 45 min	Main Terminal Row H

Airport	Counter opening before departure	Counter closure	Terminal
Palma de Mallorca	latest 2 hrs	Business: 35 min Economy: 40 min	Terminal Nueva
Paris	latest 2 hrs	Business: 40 min Economy: 50 min	Terminal 1
Porto	latest 2 hrs	Business: 40 min Economy: 45 min	Main terminal
Prague	latest 2 hrs	Business: 30 min Economy: 40 min	Terminal North 2

Airport	Counter opening before departure	Counter closure	Terminal
Rome	latest 2 hrs	Business: 35 min Economy: 40 min	Terminal 3

Airport	Counter opening before departure	Counter closure	Terminal
Sao Paulo	latest 3 hrs	First: 60 min Business: 60 min Economy: 90 min	Terminal 2 Wing D
San Francisco	latest 3 hrs	First: 60 min Business: 60 min Economy: 90 min	International Terminal
Shanghai	latest 3 hrs	First: 40 min Business: 40 min Economy: 50 min	Terminal 2
St. Petersburg	latest 2 hrs	Business: 45 min Economy: 50 min	Terminal 2
Stockholm	latest 2 hrs	Business: 30 min Economy: 40 min	Terminal 5
Stuttgart	24 hrs	Business: 30 min Economy: 40 min	Terminal 1
	Check-in the evening before for all classes: 18:00-20:00 hrs for flights within the next 24 hours		All Lufthansa counters

Airport	Counter opening before departure	Counter closure	Terminal
Tel Aviv	latest 3 hrs	Business: 120 min Economy: 120 min	Terminal 3
Thessaloniki	latest 2 hrs	Business: 30 min Economy: 60 min	Main terminal
Tokyo	latest 3 hrs	First: 60 min Business: 60 min Economy: 60 min	Terminal 1

Airport	Counter opening before departure	Counter closure	Terminal
Valencia	latest 2 hrs	Business: 30 min Economy: 40 min	Main terminal
Venice	latest 2 hrs	Business: 35 min Economy: 40 min	Main terminal
Vienna	24 hrs	Business: 30 min Economy: 45 min	Terminal 1

Airport	Counter opening before departure	Counter closure	Terminal
Warsaw	latest 2 hrs	Business: 45 min Economy: 60 min	Terminal A

Airport	Counter opening before departure	Counter closure	Terminal
Yaounde	latest 3 hrs	First: 60 min Business: 60 min Economy: 90 min	International

Airport	Counter opening before departure	Counter closure	Terminal
Zurich	24 hrs	First: 25 min Business Europe: 25 min Business Inter-continental: 30 min Economy: 40 min Exception to the US: First: 60 min Business: 60 min Economy: 70 min	Check-in 1 or 3
	Check-in the evening before for all classes: 05:45-21:45 hrs for flights within 24 hours. Please note the information below*.

* Information on check-in the evening before in Zurich:

This service is not available for flights after 21:45 hrs on the next day
and for flights to Pristina, Skopje or Ohrid.

For Edelweiss Air flights ("WK" flight numbers) please go to check-in desk 3.

For codeshare flights please observe the check-in information of the operating airline. The most important examples:

To Bangkok with Thai Airways TG971/LX4300
To Bari with Helvetic Airways 2L310/LX4820
To Bremen with OLT OL211-15/LX4800-04
To Istanbul with Turkish Airlines TK1908-10/LX4322-24
To Philadelphia with US Airways US711/LX4380
To Singapore with Singapore Airlines SQ345/LX4310
To Toronto with Air Canada AC879/LX4640
To Washington with United Airlines UA937/LX3200

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