The to daily flights, operated by Airbus A319 aircraft, will offer two tonnes of cargo capacity on the route and strenghten Swiss WorldCargo's position in the Scandinavian market.
A major shipping nation with a high dependence on international trade, Norway is essentially an exporter of raw materials and semi-processed goods. The country is rich in natural resources that include oil, hydro power, fish, forests and minerals. It is currently among the world’s top five exporters in the seafood, crude oil and shipping services sectors, and has significant market shares in the light metals and ship equipment fields as well as in a number of maritime services.
"The after sales services of these Norvegian indistrues require complementary time-sensitive and high value cargo services; in fact, our investment in our new Zurich-Oslo rout highlights Swiss WorldCargo's trademark focus on care-intensive airfreight solutions," says Urs Stulz, Managing Director Area Management Europe. "With its leading flown-as-planned track record within the airfreight industry for express and valuable consignments, Swiss WorldCargo is particularly well equipped to meet the needs of a niche air cargo market like Norway's."
The new flights will offer customers from Norway convenient connections in Zurich with SWISS’s other European services and its intercontinental network.
Key facts:
- First flight: 19 June 2009
- Equipment: Airbus A319 with two tonnes of capacity per day (500 kilos per flight)
|
Schedue |
Daily |
Dep. |
Arr. |
|
Zurich-Oslo |
LX 1210 |
|
07:05 |
09:20 |
|
|
LX 1216 |
|
16:50 |
19:05 |
|
Oslo-Zurich |
LX 1211 |
|
09:50 |
12:10 |
|
|
LX 1217 |
|
19:40 |
22:00 |
About Swiss WorldCargo
Swiss WorldCargo is the airfreight division of Swiss International Air Lines Ltd. With its global network of more than 150 destinations in over 80 countries and its wide range of products and services, Swiss WorldCargo creates genuine added value for its customers and makes a substantial contribution to the earnings of Swiss International Air Lines.
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