Swiss International Air Lines (SWISS) cannot be held culpable for its handling of the sorting of passengers bound for Zurich. +Get the most important news from Switzerland in your inbox The Federal Administrative Court has revoked the fines imposed by the State Secretariat for Migration (SEM) on the Swiss airline for transporting passengers between 2016 and 2018 who did not have the necessary documents to enter the Schengen area. In 2017 and 2019, the SEM imposed fines of CHF196,000 ($238,000) and CHF168,000 respectively on SWISS. The airline was sanctioned after almost 150 people arrived in Zurich without valid documents. The passengers came from the Brazilian airport of São Paulo and the US airports of Boston, Los Angeles, Miami and San Francisco. These decisions were overturned in 2020 and 2021 by the Federal Administrative Court, which referred the case back to the SEM for clarification. After merging the proceedings, the SEM imposed fines of CHF200,000 and CHF168,000 on SWISS ...
