[1] With a cost of 176 million Swiss francs it is also the most expensive cable car system and one of the most complex with high safety standards.

[citation needed] The tunnels of the Skymetro were equipped with Zoetrope-like films displayed on the sides which ran from 2006 to 2019, with each film consisting of a series of still frames in rapid succession, accompanied by matching sound effects played over the vehicles' public address system.

[2][6] In 2009, the Skymetro was remodeled as part of a construction project known as Zurich 2010, which mainly involved the centralization of security control.

Vehicles on the parallel 1,138 m (3,734 ft) long guideways are drawn by steel cables and float on an approximately 0.2 mm (0.0079 in) thick air cushion generated by on board air compressors, running over a smooth concrete guide way as in other Otis Hovair installations.

[2][8] The maximum speed of a Skymetro train is 47.9 km/h (29.8 mph), and the journey time between Airside Centre and Terminal E is 3 minutes.