June 2010

Swiss: Non-stop flight from Zürich to San Francisco

Swiss started a new long-distance service between Zürich and San Francisco on June 2. With that, the new San Francisco-Zürich service brings one of North America's most important business and tourism destinations into Swiss’ network.

Swiss will fly Zürich-San Francisco on six days a week in order to serve one of the most important and rapidly growing markets in North America. The non-stop service to San Francisco is of great importance for numerous Swiss companies. It also strengthens the business location Switzerland. «By adding San Francisco to our network, we are meeting a strong demand that we have heard and felt from many major companies and large numbers of leisure-travel customers,» said Swiss CEO Harry Hohmeister.

California is an important target market for Swiss companies. Swiss American Chamber of Commerce numbers at least 55 subsidiaries of Swiss companies in California. On the other hand, numerous companies from the West Coast – such as Google, Red Herring, Meltwater and Diamond Systems – have settled down in Switzerland and benefit from the new long-distance service.

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