(TAN): Swiss International Air Lines (SWISS) is further expanding the SWISS Air Rail network together with the Swiss Federal Railways (SBB). The new SWISS Air Rail services between Zurich Airport and the two popular tourist destinations of Lucerne and Interlaken will start on December 11 and can be booked now, the airline said in a news release.
Following this summer’s addition of Munich as its first international destination along with selected new intermediate points in Switzerland, SWISS Air Rail will thus now undergo further expansion. Lucerne and Interlaken will bring the intermodal SWISS Air Rail network to 11 destinations.
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“As part of our strategic partnership with SBB, we are steadily expanding our SWISS Air Rail network, not least by adding attractive new tourist destinations,” explains SWISS Chief Commercial Officer Tamur Goudarzi Pour. “As a result, our inflight guests from elsewhere in Europe and all over the world can now travel swiftly and smoothly to some of the most appealing places in Switzerland. It’s seamless intermodality, to the benefit of all our customers.”
In co-offering the new SWISS Air Rail services from and to Interlaken and Lucerne, SWISS is providing customers in new Swiss regions with enhanced connections to and from its flight network. At the same time, the cities are two of the most popular destinations among visitors to Switzerland, who will also feel the benefit of these fast and direct rail services. SBB will offer a new direct service between Zurich Airport and Interlaken (with no change of train required) from the start of the new rail timetables on December 11.
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“With these further expansions to our SWISS Air Rail network, we are making it even more attractive for air travellers to Switzerland to reach their final Swiss destination by train, with all its traffic-free comfort and convenience,” says Véronique Stephan, head of passenger services markets at SBB. “Thanks to our new direct rail services from and to Zurich Airport, Interlaken and Lucerne can now be reached from Tokyo, New York or São Paulo with just a single change en route.”
SWISS travellers to and from Lucerne and Interlaken will be able to book their entire journey in one simple step.
