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Swiss and SBB extend cooperation and expand offer

The partnership between Swiss and the Swiss Federal Railways (SBB), which has existed since 2019, will continue indefinitely. The aim is to further improve the connection between rail and air traffic. From October 2, 2024, new destinations in the canton of Graubünden, including Chur, Davos, Klosters and St. Moritz, will be added to the network. This cooperation offers passengers seamless connections and flexible travel arrangements. The Swiss Air Rail network now includes 21 destinations and enables travelers to book flights and trains in one step.

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Flights & Travels cancels Silver Air Elba flights

The Lugano-based company "Flights & Travels" will not organize any nonstop flights to the Italian island of Elba in the 2024 summer flight schedule. These had been in the portfolio for several years and were operated by Silver Air. The sales company offered the nonstop flights to Marina di Campo from both the Italian mainland and from Lugano in Switzerland. The operational operation was previously carried out by the Czech airline Silver Air. "Flights & Travels" has now announced that it will not organize any scheduled flights to Elba in the 2024 season. This offer will therefore no longer be available.

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Elba connection: Lugano's last regular flights

Since the bankruptcy of Darwin Airline and the withdrawal of Swiss, there have been only a few scheduled flights at Lugano Airport in Ticino. The charter sector is also rather weak in direct comparison with other Swiss airports. The Elba flights, which will again be operated by Silver Air this year, are at least a small ray of hope. The region around Lake Maggiore has a lot to offer in terms of tourism, but Lugano-Agno Airport has been on the decline for several years. It once had a fairly dense Crossair network, but this was gradually scaled back. Darwin Airline also increasingly tried to operate outside of its home base. The bankruptcy of the carrier, which most recently operated as Adria Airways Switzerland, led to the loss of scheduled routes. The withdrawal of Swiss then also sealed the end of the hub connections. During the Corona pandemic, the company even had to file for bankruptcy. At one point there was a project to set up its own carrier, but things became extremely quiet again. But it is not completely quiet in Lugano, as the airport is used intensively by general and business aviation. This is the main customer of the Ticino airport. There have not been regular scheduled flights for some time. From June 18, 2023, the Czech Silver Air will again operate charter flights on behalf of Flights&Travel to Marina di Campo. These have been offered for many years - with a temporary interruption during the Corona pandemic. Turboprop aircraft of the Let 410 type are used. The small aircraft operate on Wednesdays and Sundays, although according to the current flight plan

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Lugano: Twinjet starts Olbia charter flights

The French airline Twinjet will operate charter flights between Lugano and Olbia in summer 2022. These will start on June 25, 2022 and are to be operated once a week. Lugano has no longer had any regular scheduled connections since the collapse of Darwin Airline and the discontinuation of Swiss flights within Switzerland. Charter flights have been operated on a small scale again in the current summer season, for example to Elba, with Let 410 from Silver Air. The Olbia connection is offered and marketed by Summercharter.ch. The flights are operated operationally by the French Twinjet. The ticket price is 490 Swiss francs per one-way. The tour operator grants a small discount for return bookings. It is currently planned that the last pair of Lugano-Olbia-Lugano routes will be operated on September 10, 2022. Twinjet was founded in May 2001 and currently operates 12 Beechcraft 1900D turboprop aircraft with 19 seats. The airline mainly flies within France, but also has some international routes. For example, it flies to Friedrichshafen and Stuttgart in Germany. It also has Zurich and Milan in its portfolio. Twinjet is also a cooperation partner of the Air France-KLM frequent flyer program.

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Lugano: Silver Air flies to Elba again this year

Things have been quiet at the Swiss airport in Lugano for some time now, as there have been no regular scheduled flights since the domestic connections to Zurich and Geneva were discontinued. From June 19, 2022, the Czech Silver Air plans to reactivate the seasonal Elba flights. The carrier has been operating island traffic with the Let 410 aircraft for several years. Due to the corona pandemic, the offer has been greatly reduced in the last two years. Within Italy, it serves subsidized PSO routes from Bologna, Florence, Milan-Linate and Pisa to Marina di Campo (Elba). It is currently also the only remaining provider of regular flights to/from Elba. Lugano is the only international destination served by Silver Air from the Italian island. It is currently planned to fly twice a week between June 19 and September 25, 2022. The flight tickets will be offered through the partner Flights and Travel. Elba is to be served from the Ticino airport on Wednesdays and Sundays. In the past, there were also seasonal scheduled flights to the island of Elba from Bern, Zurich, Friedrichshafen, Altenrhein and Munich, among others. These were operated by the now defunct regional airlines SkyWork and InterSky, among others. This year there will be charter flights from Bern again, which will be operated by Swiss Flight Services.

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