Lugano Airport

Travelled into and out of here on a LCY-ZRH-LUG long weekender last summer and look forward to doing the same again this year. Incoming as smooth as expected outgoing return complicated by a fault on the outbound plane - but didn't miss my London connection as a result and the small but civilised departure area (think those few Ryanair routes that involve local airports that aren't hastily assembled wooden shacks) offered a well-stocked duty free shop and a sporadically manned bar. Shops/bars available outside the airport for departing passengers and accompanying friends and family - no problem with one final Swiss beer before checking in at short notice. All in all a very pleasant experience.

Lugano-Agno is a little airport (maybe the smallest in Switzerland) but I think it's the most efficient. It's commercial says: "You'll be in the air in 20 minutes" and it's the truth. I think it's a great airport.

Arrived and departed from Lugano Airport last week. It surely is one of the smallest airports I have ever seen. Passport control is extremely fast baggage reclaim too. (SWISS does not yet recognize priority labeling from other Star Alliance members.) Regular shuttle service to and from Lugano city centre is timed to match arrivals and departures from and to Zurich. There are a few shops and restaurants outside the airport. Check-in on departure is very swift too. The staff are highly motivated and efficient. They managed to have our luggage checked through to final destination although our onward flight from Zurich was not booked under the same reservation code. (Yet again no priority labels.) You then go through security control and are in the waiting area about five minutes after entering the terminal building. Only downside there is not much you can do after passing through the security control. But then it is only minutes from arriving in the departure area to boarding.