New Zurich-Oslo service

Swiss WorldCargo, the airfreight division of Swiss International Air Lines Ltd., is introducing a new scheduled Zurich-Oslo air cargo service on 19 June. The two daily flights, operated by Airbus A319 aircraft, will offer two tonnes of cargo capacity on the route and strengthen 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 Norwegian industries require complementary timesensitive and high value cargo services; in fact, our investment in our new Zurich-Oslo route 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.

 

(Source: Transport Weekly)