Swiss WorldCargo, the airfreight division of Swiss International Air Lines, begins direct flights between Zurich and Osaka today. 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.

The service is operated during the following times:

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.