Dohop, in collaboration with Tranzer, enables Air France's new intermodal connections with Swiss Federal Railways (SBB)

Wednesday 24th July 2024

Dohop , in collaboration with Tranzer , is proud to power Air France’s new, seamless intermodal connections in Switzerland, offering passengers a convenient end-to-end travel experience and highlighting Dohop ’s cutting-edge travel technology.

Innovative Travel Solutions

Travellers flying between Paris and the Swiss hubs of Geneva and Zurich can now book flights and rail services in a single transaction. These integrated offers are available through Air France’s Smart Connect platform powered by Dohop and can include additional ancillary services for a comprehensive travel package.

Dohop 's highly rated connection service also covers rail connections with SBB, providing travellers with tailored, real-time protection in case of delays or cancellations.

Advanced Technology Integration

Dohop ’s innovative technology replaces traditional interline and codeshare agreements, simplifying connectivity between Air France and SBB. This enables greater flexibility and faster market implementation. Tranzer’s mobility solution further enhances this integration by including international rail offers in Dohop ’s network.

These new connections are a significant addition to the rapid growth of intermodal connectivity across Europe as the industry seeks to improve and offer customers wider travel options.

Initial Routes

This new partnership launches with the following routes with plans to add more connections in the future:

�-� Paris CDG to GVA (airport train station) connecting to/from Bern, Lausanne, Fribourg, and Biel/Bienne (SBB railway stations).

�-� Paris CDG to ZRH (airport train station) connecting to/from Bern, Thun, and St. Gallen (SBB railway stations)

Oana Savu, Chief Strategy Officer at Dohop , said: “At Dohop , we’re proud to help airlines unlock new connection opportunities with seamless intermodal journeys, enabling them to broaden their market reach. This collaboration with Tranzer enables us to access more railway offers, so we can connect and create seamless bookings for flights and trains in Switzerland. These new connections are helping to transform the industry, impact the future of travel, and elevate passenger experiences.”

Leila Laidani, Country Director DACH & France at Tranzer added: “We are delighted to partner with Dohop , enabling international rail travel to be integrated into its network. This provides a more sustainable solution for passengers and supports our philosophy of any kind of green mobility, for everyone, anywhere, anytime. Our collaboration is another significant step in our mission to make sustainable mobility available as easily and conveniently as possible, thus doing our part in the green transport revolution.”

SBB CFF FFS Photo: Emerald Media

About Dohop

Dohop is a European market leader for alternative interline solutions based in Reykjavik, Iceland. Through facilitating simple and profitable air-to-air and air-to-ground interline partnerships, Dohop empowers airlines and their intermodal partners to unlock unlimited connections and tap into new demand through new partnership opportunities. Dohop also provides connection services that hold a high performing 4.6 TrustScore.

Founded in 2004, Dohop ’s team of 100 passionate travel technology experts have enabled new opportunities for connecting journeys for the company’s ever-growing network of 85 airlines and travel providers, including easyJet, Transavia, Air France, Vueling, and Air Transat.

For further information visit: https://www.dohop .com/

About Tranzer

Tranzer is the leading European platform for public transport ticketing. Their mission is to make public transport easily and comfortably accessible to everyone, in any app or website. The platform shows the best travel options on the spot and gives insight into the effect of these options (cost, C02, time). The Tranzer technology integrates long-distance rail combined with other modes, and offers this to partner platforms and super apps. Tranzer connects any app or website to all long distance trains in Europe, local public transport and intercity buses in key cities in Europe. Major parties such as 9292 and Freenow already offer tickets to customers via Tranzer.