In addition to the aerial views of the Alps mountains from the flight from Zürich to Sion, I sorted and processed some older views of the Alps from the plane.

Departures or landings in Milan have good chances to catch nice views:

DL161, 2012-02-20

view from the plane of Alps mountains and Monte Rosa, with Boeing 767-400ER wing with raked wingtips

view of the Alps from South with the Monte Rosa under the wing pylon
View of the Alps from South shortly after departure from Milan Malpensa aboard DL161 bound for JFK. In the Boeing 767 family, the raked wingtips are only found on the 767-400ER which performed this flight. The Monte Rosa massif is under the outer wing pylon.

valley in the Alps

aerial view of the Alps mountains, snow covered summits with clouds

clouds around the summits

Alps

Mont Blanc
Aerial view of the Mont Blanc, with 4810 m the highest mountain of the Alps, and - depending of the definition - of Europe.

AZ605, 2012-02-29

view from an airplane of the dawn with an A330 wing

dawn over France

Shortly after sunrise, Jura and then Alps mountains are reached:

Aerial view with A330 wing of the <i>Jura</i> Mountains with Lake Bienne, Lake Morat, and Lake Neuchâtel over the wing to the left

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View of the Jura Mountains with Lake Bienne, Lake Morat, and Lake Neuchâtel over the wing to the left
To the lower right the Ajoie, which is the landscape around Porrentruy (see labels; Canton of Jura, Swiss), 42 km to the southwest of Basel. Along the right edge of the image is France. Whereas the Ajoie belongs to the unfolded Table Jura, the folded Jura with its characteristic parallel mountain ridges and valleys begins directly behing it. Again behind it, Lake Bienne, Lake Morat, and Lake Neuchâtel. Lake Geneva, which is further away, is not directly visible, however, the haze above it is.

Jura Mountains

Aerial view of Lake Thun with Niederhorn and Sigriswilgrat

Lake Thun
Aerial view of Lake Thun from Northeast. In the foreground are the two mountain ridges with the Niederhorn (left) and the Sigriswilgrat. Behind Spiez at the opposite lake bank is the alpine valley Simmental. Parts of Thun which is situated at the northern end of the lake are seen at the right edge of the image.

Aerial view of Dreispitz and Schwalmere mountains of the Bernese Alps

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Dreispitz (2520 m, right) and Schwalmere (2777 m, left) of the Bernese Alps

Could be mistaken for the Matterhorn (the „Toblerone Mountain“), however, it is the Eiger of the Bernese Alps:

Aerial view of Eiger mountain of the Bernese Alps

Eiger (3967 m)

Aerial view of the Bietschhorn mountain and the Rhone valley behind

Bietschhorn and the Rhone valley (Valais)

Aerial view of Matterhorn and Mont Blanc mountains in the Alps with wing

Matterhorn and Mont Blanc right under the wingtip

Aerial view of Matterhorn and Mont Blanc mountains

Matterhorn (4478 m) and Mont Blanc (4810 m)

Alps

Lake Orta

Aerial view of Sesto Calende at the southern tip of Lago Maggiore

Sesto Calende at the southern tip of Lake Maggiore

view of the Alps mountains from South

Milan–Malpensa Airport

The river behind the airport is the Ticino (Latin Ticinus, German Tessin). It has given the name to the Swiss canton of Ticino.

Vigevano

Vigevano is located approx. 30 km southwest of Milan. In 218 BC, the first battle on italian ground of the Second Punic War, the Battle of Ticinus, happened close to Vigevano.