The World Economic Forum is the International Organization for Public-Private Cooperation. It was established in 1971 as a not-for-profit foundation and is headquartered in Geneva, Switzerland. The annual forum ist taking place in Davos, Switzerland and engages the foremost political, business, cultural and other leaders of society to shape global, regional and industry agendas. During the meeting, the ramps at Zurich Airport are full with private business and government jets and the WEF is one of the top events for every plane spotter!

Spotters can still be glad and thankful to Zürich Airport to allow AeroTerminal (ex BuchAir) running the ramp tours during the WEF period. This allows many of us to experience some interesting point of views. 2023 it was a bit different as before. We noticed less ramp tours offered, higher prices at some and in general the tour guides were less experienced (lack of good orientation of sun/light positions and waste of time per aircraft). Tickets are sold out fast and you should plan and book your tickets quickly for the next tours in 2024  on the official AeroTerminal website.

WEF 2023 was marked by the visit of the South Korean president who arrived from Abu Dhabi with its large delegation (B737 HL8290, B788 HL8508, B748 22-001 & GLF6 HL8068). Nonetheless, the Colombian president surprised more than one spotter by using it's Air Force Boeing Business Jet (FAC1219) instead of the most common previously seen (FAC0001).

Here some notable additional governments jets:
Albania A319 TC-ANA
Azerbaijan E190 VP-BHE & A346 4K-AI08
Belgium FA7X OO-LUM
China B737 B-3999
Congo B737 A6-RJV
Croatia CL60 9A-CRO
Ecuadorian FA7X FAE-052
Georgia B737 4L-NIK
Germany GLEX 14+04 + 15+05
Greece GLF5 678
Hungarian FA7X 606
Iraq B738 YI-ASF
Irish C235 253
Kuwait GLF6 9K-GGA
Lithuania C27J LY07 => landed at ACH
Monaco FA8X 3X-MGA => landed at ACH
Montenegro LJ45 4O-MNE
Morocco GLF5 CN-MMR
Netherlands B737 PH-GOV
Pakistan GLF4 J-756
Philippines B773 RP-C7782
Poland B738 0112 + 0110
Qatar A320 A7-MBK
Saudia B773 HZ-AK45
Slovakia A319 OM-BYK
Spain F900 T.18-2
Ukraine A319 UR-ABA
UAE A320 A6-SHJ
USA C40C/B 05-0932 + 01-0015
USA C17 01-7182
The government jets were obviously complemented with loads of bizjets dominated by the Gulfstream G650 and the Bombardier Global Express.