Such cargo may include fashion/apparel, garments, fabrics, glassware, perishables, printing materials, machinery, electronic parts, aircraft parts, flowers, pharmaceuticals and spare parts. Medical equipment like diagnostic instruments and PPE equipment such as facemasks and surgical gloves can also continue to be transported within the cabin.
Commercial Cargo in the cabin is currently allowed on flights to Shanghai (PVG), Beijing (PEK), Bangkok (BKK),São Paulo (GRU), Johannesburg (JNB) and Dubai (DXB). Medical and PPE equipment can also continue to be transported in the cabin on all wide-body aircraft routes. In order to transport commercial cargo effectively inside the aircraft cabin, additional airport handling competencies are required. Additionally, SWISS staff onboard every flight supervise all materials in order to ensure a safe journey.
On Monday, 27 July, the first of such flights arrived in Zurich Airport from Dubai International Airport. The Boeing 777-300ER carried diverse garments and other fashion-related goods within the passenger cabin.
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 careintensive 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.
This media release can be found at swissworldcargo.com
