Since it was first established in 2019, SWISS and SBB have expanded their partnership connecting air and rail travel. The partnership was initially limited to 5 years. But the two companies have decided to indefinitely extend their collaboration. They are also further expanding their joint travel product by adding the destinations of Chur, Davos, Klosters and St. Moritz.
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What began with a strategic partnership on the Zurich Airport-Basel route has evolved into today’s network of more than 20 SWISS Air Rail destinations. The concept has proved very popular with travellers, and SWISS and SBB expect to report further growth of some 15% in the demand for these services this year. The partnership was initially limited to a five-year period. But Switzerland’s two leading transport companies have now decided to indefinitely extend their successful collaboration.
SWISS Air Rail can be booked in combination with a SWISS flight on www.swiss.com or at any travel agency. In doing so, customers can select any of the rail stations offered as their point of origin or destination and book both their air and their rail travel in a single step. SWISS Air Rail travellers need only check-in once and will obtain all their boarding passes directly from SWISS. They also have the option of using their rail ticket the day before their air departure or the day after their air arrival, to give them greater planning flexibility.
SWISS further offers its customers a connection guarantee in the event of delays on all SWISS Air Rail routes. SWISS Air Rail travellers who are Miles & More members will also earn miles and points on their rail ticket, too, with the amount earned based on their connecting flight and class of air travel. SWISS First and SWISS Business passengers are further entitled to first-class rail travel on their SWISS Air Rail connection.
This further expansion brings the SWISS Air Rail network to a total of 21 destinations. The network already extends to Basel, Bellinzona, Bern, Brig, Fribourg, Geneva Cornavin (main station), Interlaken, Lausanne, Lucerne, Lugano, Montreux, Sierre, Sion, Vevey and Visp in Switzerland and to Munich in Germany and Bregenz in Austria.