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 Cancun flights are open for exports
Swiss WorldCargo has opened its Cancun, Mexico station for exports with flights from Zurich operated by Edelweiss. The three Zurich – Cancun flights a week use an Airbus A340-300 offering a payload in excess of 15 tonnes for inbound and outbound figures. Skylog, a member of ECS Group will manage all commercial activity for the […]
CSafe Global opens up in Zurich and Stockholm
CSafe Global has expanded its coverage in Europe with technical service centres in Zurich, Switzerland and Stockholm, Sweden. The Zurich Airport and Stockholm Arlanda Airport service centres will strengthen the existing European service centre network, serving RKN and RAP active temperature-controlled containers. Tom Weir, vice president of global operations at CSafe says: “As part of […]
Seven more years for Swiss WorldCargo and Cargologic
Swiss WorldCargo has extended its partnership with Cargologic to provide handling services at Zurich Airport for another seven years. Cargo handling agent Cargologic processes 440,000 tonnes a year, employing 800 people in Zurich, Basel, Bern and Lugano, providing services for airlines and freight forwarders. Christian Wyss, head of quality and services at Swiss WorldCargo says […]
Buddha statue puts Emirates in air cargo nirvana
Emirates SkyCargo has transported a 2,000 year old statue of Buddha to Switzerland and back for an exhibition at Zurich’s Museum Rietberg. The 1.7 tonne, two metre tall statue from the Peshawar Museum in Pakistan was transported from its home to Zurich and back by Emirates SkyCargo. The Gandhara Buddha was on loan for the […]
Swiss WorldCargo adds new routes for the winter
Swiss WorldCargo is getting ready for winter with new routes across Asia, South America and Africa being added to its timetable. Twice-weekly flights to Ho Chi Minh City and Saigon in Vietnam will commence from Zurich from 15 November, along with twice-weekly services to Colombo in Sri Lanka on 3 November. A twice-weekly service to […]
dnata awarded GDP certification in Zurich
dnata has been awarded Good Distribution Practice (GDP) certification for pharmaceutical handling at its state-of-the-art facility in Zurich. GDP focuses on systems for warehouses and distribution centres that store and distribute medical products or carry active pharmaceutical ingredients. The scheme ensures that consistent quality management systems are in place throughout the entire supply chain. In […]
Cutting-edge airfreight in Europe’s centre
A cutting-edge development in cargo tracking systems is being introduced by Zurich-based Unilode Aviation Solutions with Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) tags being embedded into the structure of ULDs, writes Stuart Flitton. The ULD management provider for 40 airlines is teaming up with technology firm OnAsset Intelligence and leading ULD manufacturer Zodiac Aerospace. Among the airlines […]
Swiss WorldCargo awarded Envirotainer QEP at 36 stations
Swiss WorldCargo now has 36 Envirotainer QEP accredited stations, with 31 of the stations receiving the QEP Advanced accreditation. Envirotainer launched the QEP programme over 10 years ago to promote the safe handling of pharmaceuticals, with 40 companies participating, educating tens of thousands of individuals at more than 730 stations around the world. The programme […]
Emirates SkyCargo picks Harman as cargo manager for Switzerland
Emirates SkyCargo has appointed David Harman as cargo manager for Switzerland, taking responsibility for all operational and commercial aspects in the country. He has over 30 years of international aviation and cargo experience, having previously worked as vice president for dnata Ground and Cargo Handling in Zurich, and held various positions through the years at […]
dnata to provide handling services in Zurich for seven more years
Dnata has been re-awarded the licence to provide ground and cargo handling services at Zurich Airport for another seven years until 2025. The bid follows a public tender conducted by Zurich Airport and dnata says it will be able to seamlessly transition from its current licence to its new one with no interruption to operations. […]
With Natco live from PyeongChang
Swiss logistics service provider Natco was in charge of the project management and transportation of all broadcasting equipment for Swiss Radio and Television Corporation’s (SRG SSR) coverage of the 2018 Olympic Winter Games in South Korea. The Zurich-headquartered forwarder delivered all SRG’s equipment to the International Broadcast Centre and its studios at the House of Switzerland in […]
WFS ensures Asian wine lovers get their Beaujolais Nouveau
The annual Beaujolais run is in full swing in France and Worldwide Flight Services’ (WFS) has been helping airlines ensure over 3,000 tonnes of this year’s new young wine is delivered to customers in Asia. WFS has played a key role in meeting international demand for Beaujolais Nouveau for more than 20 years. The WFS […]
WFS awarded North American contracts with Polar, LOT and Swiss
Worldwide Flight Services (WFS) has won lucrative new contracts with Polar Air Cargo, LOT Polish Airlines and Swiss International Air Lines, expanding its North American operations. It has been awarded a three-year contract to support Polar Air Cargo and its partners in Cincinnati, with the airline and its customers benefitting from a single point of […]
Strong November for cargo traffic at Europe’s gateways
European airport trade association the Airports Council International (ACI) Europe has reported that freight traffic grew strongly in November 2016 compared to the same month in 2015. ACI Europe says the region’s airports posted cargo growth of 6.5 per cent in November and this was largely driven by non-European Union gateways – in contrast with passenger traffic. […]
Yusen Logistics to start operations in Switzerland
Yusen Logistics is to expand its European network by launching operations in Switzerland on 1 January 2017. The operation, close to Zurich Airport offering the full range of integrated supply chain solutions including air and ocean freight services, land transportation and customs clearance. Further services including storage and domestic distribution can be offered on request. Yusen […]
Renewed Antonov AN-22 Antei flies from Zurich to Abu Dhabi
The Antonov AN-22 Antei has completed its renewal programme and performed its first commercial flights from Switzerland to the UAE. The AN-22 carried a coil reef for charterer Karpeles/DB Schenker on behalf of the shipper, Hyundai from Zurich to Abu Dhabi with a refuelling stop in Tbilisi, Georgia. Antonov engineers designed a special transport frame […]
Swiss WorldCargo receives first Bombardier CS100
Swiss WorldCargo has taken delivery of its first Bombardier CS100, which will enter service on 15 July, and improve temperature control capabilities on short haul flights. The new aircraft’s first flight will be LX638 Zurich – Paris Charles de Gaulle, and the CS100 will replace the Avro RJ100. The CS100 offers a 25 per cent […]
Emirates adds second daily flight to Geneva
Emirates SkyCargo has doubled capacity to Geneva with a second daily Boeing 777-300ER flight to the Swiss city, which started on 1 June. The additional flight will increase cargo capacity by 140 tonnes a week to 280 tonnes, and increases space to and from Switzerland by 26 per cent. Exports from Geneva include pharmaceuticals, automobile […]
Swiss WorldCargo signs container partnership with va-Q-tec
Swiss WorldCargo has signed a partnership agreement with va-Q-tec for passive cold chain containers to support pharmaceutical manufacturers and forwarders shipping temperature sensitive products. The partnership was signed at SWISS’s Zurich headquarters on 18 April by va-Q-tec managing director, Dominic Hyde and SWISS head of cargo, Ashwin Bhat. va-Q-tec’s portfolio includes five container sizes taking […]
Volga-Dnepr engineers unique frame for oil rig compressor
Volga-Dnepr Airlines has transported a 59 tonne compressor from Zurich to Singapore for an oil rig, which required the Engineering & Logistics Centre (ELC) to design a unique transportation frame to move it. The engineers designed the frame to spread the weight of the compressor throughout the cargo cabin of the Antonov AN-124-100 and protect […]
