The non-stop Airbus A340-300 service between Zurich and Osaka enhances the connection between Japanese and SWISS markets and enables optimal connections to the entire SWISS WorldCargo network.
Winter 2020
Zurich – Osaka LX 158 13:00 – 09:10+1 Mon/Wed/Fri/Sat/Sun
Osaka – Zurich LX 159 11:00 – 16:00 Mon/Tue/Thu/Sat/Sun
Summer 2020 (beginning 27 March, 2020)
Zurich – Osaka LX 158 13:00 – 08:10+1 Mon/Wed/Fri/Sat/Sun
Osaka – Zurich LX 159 10:05 – 15:45 Mon/Tue/Thu/Sat/Sun
The local handling agent assigned in Osaka is ANA Cargo Inc., located at Kansai International Airport. Tango Tomonari, based in Tokyo, will be responsible for the entire SWISS WorldCargo team in Japan. Jun Nakatani has recently been appointed as Head of Kansai Region.
Since 1 February, SWISS WorldCargo also operates a Boeing 777-300ER on its daily non-stop flight to Tokyo Narita Airport. This change in aircraft offers an increase in capacity of up to 40% on the Zurich-Tokyo lane.
“Today, we are proud to launch the 1st of our two new intercontinental destinations of 2020,” said Ashwin Bhat, Head of Cargo, SWISS WorldCargo. “With this direct connection, we can ensure our continued commitment to serving and connecting our customers in Switzerland with Far East and around the world. This is an exciting moment for us and we look forward to continuing to further offer our known SWISS reliability and quality.”
SWISS WorldCargo
SWISS WorldCargo is the airfreight division of SWISS International Air Lines (SWISS). Headquartered at Zurich Airport, SWISS WorldCargo offers a comprehensive range of logistics solutions for transporting high-value and care-intensive consignments to some 130 destinations in over 84 countries. The extensive SWISS WorldCargo network of airfreight services is further supplemented by daily truck connections between key business centers. As a reliable and innovative service provider within the Lufthansa Group, SWISS WorldCargo is consistently committed to delivering SWISS quality to its airfreight customers, and makes a substantial contribution to SWISS’s overall profitability.
