Swiss WorldCargo, the expert carrier in transporting high-value, care-intensive, and temperature-sensitive shipments, has announced its partnership with Sonoco ThermoSafe. The two industry leaders have signed a global master lease agreement for the deployment of Sonoco ThermoSafe's innovative Peg...

Pharma.Aero welcomes Lufthansa Cargo, Swiss WorldCargo and time:matters, the logistic companies of Lufthansa Group, as full members. With the new additions, the global cross-industry collaborative platform reaches an important milestone and significantly strengthens its position and reputation as...

Cathay Pacific and Lufthansa Cargo today announced the addition of Swiss WorldCargo to their joint venture, which offers customers more direct connections, more flexibility and more time savings. Swiss WorldCargo's entry builds on the Joint Business Agreement signed in 2016 between Cathay Pacific...

Swiss WorldCargo and its partner Fischer Road Cargo share a longstanding partnership and joint history, which dates back to the existence of SWISS, both being strongly committed to continue their good collaboration for the years to come. Fischer Road Cargo started to transport luggage for SWISS, ...

Swiss WorldCargo’s ground handling partner Cargologic just obtained the re-certification as a “Center of Excellence for Independent Validators” (CEIV) from IATA for the handling of pharmaceutical products at Zurich Airport. In addition to Swiss WorldCargo becoming fully CEIV re-certified la...

Envirotainer today announced that the first commercial shipment using the new Releye RAP container has been completed. The consignment was handled by Swiss WorldCargo, one of the leading carriers of intensive care pharmaceuticals. The shipment started in Basel, Switzerland, landing at JFK in t...

Swiss WorldCargo, the air cargo division of Swiss International Air Lines, is the first airline to have successfully carried out a commercial shipment between Zurich (ZRH) and New York (JFK) with an Envirotainer Releye RLP container onboard. The shipment was transported on flight LX 14 on August...

Swiss International Air Lines (SWISS) has appointed Lorenzo Stoll (49) as the new head of its Swiss WorldCargo airfreight division. He will assume his new position, reporting to CFO Markus Binkert, on 1 April. He succeeds Ashwin Bhat, who will take up new duties as Chief Commercial Officer of Lufth...

SWISS is adding two new destinations exclusively for freight shipments to the regular route network of its airfreight division Swiss WorldCargo: Seoul, South Korea, and Lima, Peru. The first cargo flight to Seoul in South Korea will take off today, 15 January. The flight, operated by a Boeing 77...

For the past six months, Swiss WorldCargo has prepared for the distribution of COVID-19 vaccines. Beginning in summer 2020, the company set up an internal task force to analyse the potential for shipping COVID-19 vaccines throughout the world. The task force, comprised of team members from differen...

Worldwide Flight Services (WFS) has expanded its cargo handling operation at Johannesburg’s OR Tambo International Airport to accommodate new contracts with Lufthansa and Swiss WorldCargo, the air cargo division of SWISS. WFS, the world’s largest cargo handler, expects to handle some 23,000 ...

Beginning this week, Swiss WorldCargo has updated its offering to include the transportation of commercial cargo in the cabin on select charter flights. Such cargo may include fashion/apparel, garments, fabrics, glassware, perishables, printing materials, machinery, electronic parts, aircraft parts...

Swiss WorldCargo is expanding its Summer Timetable until the end of October 2020. The air cargo division of SWISS is continuing to add new destinations to its network in the coming weeks. North and South AmericaSwiss WorldCargo will connect Switzerland to Canada once again with the launch of fli...

Since the end of March, SWISS and its Swiss WorldCargo division have operated more than 200 cargo-only flights, transporting over 4,000 tonnes of cargo between Asia and Switzerland. Most of the goods transported included medicines and medical supplies to support Switzerland and its population. B...

SWISS and its Swiss WorldCargo division have performed more than 80 cargo-only flights since the end of March, transporting over 1,300 tonnes of airfreight between Asia and Switzerland. The cargoes concerned have consisted mainly of medicines and medical supplies and equipment for the Swiss healthc...