He flew to Zurich on July 8 from Miami on a Swissair flight, withdrawing SFr1,700 ($1,050, £711) from a bank cash dispenser. He used a credit card to pay SFr56 for two pocket knives and chocolate at an airport duty-free shop.
From the Sun-Sentinel
On July 9, Atta flew from Miami to Madrid. He spent 11 days in Europe before returning to the U.S. Spanish intelligence officials said his rental car had more than 1,200 miles on it, the Spanish newspaperEl Mundo reported.
Thanks very much for the information.
I'm trying to reconcile all this. Both the arrival and the departure are interesting.
The U.S. to Europe: The reports that you quoted have Atta flying from Miami to Zurich on July 8, and from Miami to Madrid on July 9. Another report I found has him traveling to Spain on July 7. [It may be that one or two of the dates are in error, but, even so, there's the seeming discrepancy between Zurich and Madrid. I'll assume that the dates are all, in fact, correct. It turns out that it's all consistent.]
I looked up Swissair flights on-line. At least with their current schedule, you can book a flight from Miami to Madrid, but it stops in Zurich on the way. Also, some of the flights from Miami to Zurich leave in the late afternoon in Miami, arriving the next day in Zurich.
So it looks like Atta probably left Miami on July 7, arriving in Zurich on July 8. He would have gone on to Madrid on the next day, July 9.
Europe to the U.S.: The reports on his itinerary have him leaving Europe for the U.S. on either July 19 or July 20. But he is said to have visited Tarragona Prison (in Spain, very near the resort he stayed at) on July 21, attempting to see one of the prisoners. I can't reconcile this discrepancy. Maybe one of the dates is just wrong.
Another question: Did he take a trip to Rome that July? There are reports suggesting that. If so, when would this have been? I would think he would have gone from Zurich to Rome to Madrid if he wanted to visit all three, but the timing doesn't work for that. Maybe he drove his rental car from Spain to Rome and back again.