{"id":5088,"date":"2023-04-13T10:37:28","date_gmt":"2023-04-13T10:37:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/aviation-news.info\/?p=5088"},"modified":"2023-04-13T10:37:28","modified_gmt":"2023-04-13T10:37:28","slug":"edelweiss-adds-airbus-a340-flights-to-bogota-cartagena","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/aviation-news.info\/?p=5088","title":{"rendered":"Edelweiss Adds Airbus A340 Flights To Bogota & Cartagena"},"content":{"rendered":"
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In a highly intriguing network development, Swiss leisure carrier\u00a0Edelweiss\u00a0has announced Zurich to Bogot\u00e1 and Cartagena. It is its first time in South America.\u00a0Catering to vacationers in Colombia, it will use the increasingly rare\u00a0A340-300, its only long-haul type. Flights lift off this November. Not surprisingly, it appears that Switzerland has never had Colombia flights before.<\/p>\n

Edelweiss to Colombia<\/h2>\n

Beginning on November 22nd, flights will operate on Wednesdays and Sundays. They will use the 314-seat\u00a0A340, of which it (currently) has four. Each has the same configuration: 27 seats in business, 76 in premium economy (Economy Max), and 211 in economy. The schedule is as follows, with all times local:<\/p>\n

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Routing<\/th>\nFlight<\/th>\nWednesdays (block time)<\/th>\nSundays (block time)<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n
Zurich-Bogot\u00e1<\/td>\nWK92<\/td>\n09:25-15:30 (12h 5m)<\/td>\n12:05-18:10 (12h 5m)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Bogot\u00e1-Cartagena<\/td>\nWK92<\/td>\n17:00-18:30 (1h 30m)<\/td>\n19:40-21:10 (1h 10m)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Cartagena-Zurich<\/td>\nWK92<\/td>\n19:40-12:05+1 (10h 25m)<\/td>\n22:20-14:50+1 (10h 30m)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n

Click here for Zurich-Bogot\u00e1 flights<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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According to booking data, Zurich-Bogota<\/a>\u00a0had about 18,000 roundtrip passengers in 2019, while it was approximately 3,000 for Zurich-Cartagena.<\/p>\n

Bogot\u00e1\/Cartagena join S\u00e3o Paulo and Buenos Aires (served by\u00a0SWISS<\/a>) as the only South American airports from Switzerland this coming northern winter.<\/p>\n

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Third European airport to Cartagena<\/h2>\n

As of April 12th and\u00a0subject to change<\/strong>, Amsterdam, Madrid, and now\u00a0Zurich<\/a>\u00a0will be served from Cartagena. Funnily enough, Amsterdam has more flights than Madrid, resulting from not being operated by Iberia and, therefore, more reliant on point-to-point traffic.<\/p>\n

The operation\u00a0this winter<\/strong>\u00a0is as follows:<\/p>\n