SWISS Boeing fleet fully equipped with AeroSHARK
Over the past 20 months, SWISS has equipped its entire fleet of Boeing 777-300ER long-haul models with AeroSHARK technology. The film applied to the fuselage and engines nacelles the aerodynamically favorable properties of sharkskin, reducing fuel consumption and CO2 emissions during flight. On 14 October 2022, the world’s first passenger flight with AeroSHARK took off […]
SWISS Head of Cargo Lorenzo Stoll to leave the company
Lorenzo Stoll, Head of Cargo at Swiss International Air Lines, is to leave the company after 11 years. Stoll presently heads SWISS’s Swiss WorldCargo division, with overall charge of all the company’s airfreight activities. Lorenzo Stoll, Head of Cargo at Swiss International Air Lines, has decided to leave the company at the end of July […]
Gieri Hinnen to become SWISS head of global cargo sales
Gieri Hinnen, currently head of labour relations & HR steering at SWISS, has decided to take on a new challenge within the company, becoming head of global cargo sales on 1 February 2023. In his new capacity, Hinnen will be in charge of Swiss WorldCargo’s commercial division. He succeeds Alexander Arafa, who will be entering […]
SWISS to resume London City-Zurich route
SWISS will resume flights from London City Airport to Zurich. SWISS will operate two rotations per week to Zurich initially, although their schedule will increase in line with the anticipated surges in demand for leisure and business travel as travel restrictions are relaxed in the UK and Europe this summer. Commenting on the resumption of […]
Swiss WorldCargo continues to expand its network
Following the recent launch of a network of cargo flights, Swiss WorldCargo will “continue to fly to different global destinations as part of its cargo network,” says the airline. It serves 11 global destinations and are adding more than 200 weekly flights within Europe as of June 2020. “We will increase our frequencies to Bangkok, […]
Swiss WorldCargo suspends more flights
SWISS and Swiss WorldCargo have suspended flights to Tel Aviv and Israel between 8-28 March as Coronavirus chaos continues to disrupt flight routes globally. Flights to Tokyo, Osaka and Singapore will be reduced. Tokyo and Singapore will be served five times weekly, whereas Osaka will have two weekly flights until 24 April.As already announced, flights […]
Swiss WorldCargo to begin flying to Osaka
The airfreight division of SWISS will service Osaka’s Kansai International Airport with a five times weekly flight, operated by an Airbus A340-300 aircraft. Japan’s third-largest city is in the centre of the Kansai region, a strategically significant destination for cargo. Swiss WorldCargo’s Japan Team will continue to be led by Tango Tomonari. Since 1 February, […]
Swiss WorldCargo extends suspension of services to Beijing and Shanghai
After thoroughly evaluating all currently available information on the Coronavirus, SWISS and Swiss WorldCargo have decided to suspend flights to/from Beijing and Shanghai until February 28, with immediate effect. Initially the flights had been suspended until February 9. Flight operations to/from Hong Kong will continue as planned. Together with the Lufthansa Group, SWISS and Swiss […]
Swiss WorldCargo suspends services to Beijing and Shanghai from 31 January to 9 February
In a statement, SWISS and subsequently Swiss WorldCargo has announced it will suspend all services to and from Beijing and Shanghai, China, effective 31 January until 9 February. Hong Kong flights will remain as usual. The booking process will be closed for all flights to and from Beijing and Shanghai until further notice. “We will […]
Study finds importance of airfreight in Switzerland
A study by BAK Economics and Infras has highlighted the importance of airfreight to Switzerland as a whole and from Zurich Airport. In terms of value the report found that 40 per cent of all exports leave Switzerland via air cargo carriers. The study found there is often no alternative to airfreight, in particular for […]
Reorganised Swiss WorldCargo looks to the future
Swiss WorldCargo has restructured its departments as it looks to tackle the new norms for now and in the future of the air cargo industry and has put the customer at the forefront of their strategy. The airfreight division of Swiss International Air Lines (SWISS) has rolled out a fresh organisational structure, which it says […]
15 carriers to make the switch to eAWBs, Descartes says
Fifteen airlines are to switch to the electronic air waybill (eAWB) from 1 March this year as the preferred method for shipping airfreight, but there remains barriers to adoption notably from forwarders, according to Descartes. Air Canada, Air France-KLM, American Airlines, British Airways/Iberia (IAG), Cathay Pacific, Delta Air Lines, Etihad Airways, Finnair, Lufthansa Cargo, Qatar […]
Freight services weather latest Lufthansa strikes
Lufthansa Cargo says all freighter flights operated normally despite a pilots’ strike on Tuesday 8 September and Wednesday 9 September which severely curtailed passenger flights and affected some bellyhold capacity. The pilots are striking over retirement benefits, pay and Lufthansa’s plans to expand low-cost operations. The striking pilots, represented by the union, Vereinigung Cockpit (VC), […]
