AirBridgeCargo Airlines’ first ever flight to Switzerland touched down in Basel on September 19th to a traditional ‘water canon salute’ that welcomes new airlines to airports around the world. The Boeing 747-8 freighter flight to EuroAirport Basel Mulhouse Freiburg signaled the start of ABC’s new weekly service to and from Basel every Friday, offering customers in Switzerland onward connections to major cities in Asia, including Shanghai, Beijing, Hong Kong, Zhengzhou, Chengdu, Seoul, and Tokyo, via the airline’s Moscow hub. Robert Van de Weg, Senior VP Marketing and Sales at AirBridgeCargo, said: “Basel is the home of some of the world’s leading life sciences organisations and we are confident that the product we offer will meet the growing demand for high quality cargo transportation services for pharmaceutical products in Switzerland. Across our international network we have earned a strong reputation for the reliability and on-time performance of our services. These factors, alongside the temperature-control capabilities of our B747F fleet and at our hub in Moscow, will give pharma customers confidence in our ability to protect the integrity of their products to international regulatory standards throughout the transportation process.”