SWISS and the Swiss Federal Railways (SBB) have expanded their joint SWISS Air Rail network through the addition of Geneva Airport. So SWISS passengers travelling via Lausanne, Fribourg or Bern railway station now enjoy SWISS Air Rail connections to and from both Zurich Airport and Geneva Airport. The new Geneva Airport SWISS Air Rail connections can be booked and used with immediate effect. SWISS customers can now, for instance, travel smoothly and conveniently from New York via Geneva to Lausanne, Fribourg or Bern. SWISS and the SBB are also taking a further major step in integrating their technical systems, and will in future provide SWISS Air Rail tickets with an SBB QR code, to help improve both boarding pass checks and overall customer care.

Swiss International Air Lines (SWISS) and the Swiss Federal Railways (SBB) have been steadily expanding their joint product and service portfolio since they established their strategic partnership in October 2019. In the latest such development, the partners’ SWISS Air Rail network has been extended to Geneva Airport. The expansion means that SWISS customers travelling via Lausanne, Fribourg or Bern now enjoy convenient SWISS Air Rail train connections to and from both Zurich and Geneva airports. So a SWISS traveller from New York, for instance, can get smoothly via Geneva to Lausanne, Fribourg or Bern. To date, the SWISS Air Rail network had only extended as far as Geneva’s main station. SWISS customers can book and use the new Geneva Airport SWISS Air Rail services with immediate effect.

“We are working intensively with the SBB to tailor our joint products and services ever more closely to our customers’ mobility needs,” says SWISS Chief Commercial Officer Tamur Goudarzi Pour. “And we’re delighted that, in adding Geneva Airport to our SWISS Air Rail network, we have marked a further milestone in these endeavours which will give our customers in Western Switzerland both a broader choice of connections and an even smoother and even more seamless travel experience.”

“This further expansion of our joint SWISS Air Rail network makes it even more attractive for SWISS air travellers arriving in Switzerland to continue their journey by train – comfortably, congestion-free and more seamlessly, too,” says Véronique Stephan, the SBB’s Head of Passenger Markets. “Our new direct SWISS Air Rail services from Geneva Airport make Lausanne, Fribourg and Bern a single transfer away from New York.”

SWISS Air Rail tickets newly equipped with SBB QR code

SWISS Air Rail tickets are now being issued with an SBB QR code to improve boarding pass checks. The innovation marks a further step in the partners’ endeavours to integrate their systems landscapes. The medium-term goal is to gain greater transparency on travellers’ boarding and detraining points – to ensure, for instance, that in the event of an irregularity they can be provided with specifically tailored information on their alternative travel options.