SWISS is set to expand its route network in its 2024 summer schedules, adding two new long-haul destinations – including Toronto – to be served from Zurich. Its intercontinental network will also see the addition of Washington, DC, while its European network will feature new services to Košice in Slovakia and Cluj-Napoca in Romania.

Toronto service will begin May 10. The new flights, provisionally planned for the summer schedules only, will be provided daily except Mondays and Wednesdays using Airbus A330 equipment.

The new westbound SWISS service will depart from Zurich at 09:55 and arrive in Toronto at 13:00 (both times local). The corresponding eastbound service will leave Toronto at 16:35 and arrive in Zurich at 06:30 the following day.

The varied program of scheduled services that SWISS will operate from Zurich and Geneva in its 2024 summer schedules will extend to 113 destinations. Travellers from Zurich will be offered a choice of 67 European and 24 intercontinental destinations; and travellers from Geneva will be offered non-stop service to and from New York along with a choice of 43 short-haul destinations. The 2024 summer timetable period will run from March 31 to October 26, 2024.

The new routes are bookable now.

“In the wake of the pandemic, it has now become clearer than ever that travel is a deeply rooted human need, especially among the younger generations,” says SWISS Chief Commercial Officer Tamur Goudarzi Pour. “The demand for air travel continues to steadily rise, and the loadings on our flights are now higher than they have ever been before… We are delighted that we will be further expanding our route network next summer on both the short- and the long-haul front. And as we do so, we will continue to pursue the kind of balanced growth that pays due and full regard to our customers, to society and to environmental considerations and concerns.”