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Swiss International Air Lines plans to launch new services from Zurich to Washington Dulles and Osaka, Japan, in 2020. Daily Zurich-Washington Dulles Airbus A330-300 services are scheduled to begin March 29, doubling the current 14X-weekly frequencies provided by SWISS and its joint venture partner United Airlines. On March 1, 5X-weekly Zurich-Osaka A340-300 services are set to begin. The new services are made possible by the anticipated delivery of two additional Boeing 777-300ERs in the first quarter of 2020, the Lufthansa Group subsidiary said. Two current routes—Zurich-Tokyo Narita and Zurich-Miami—will be switched from A330s and A340s to the higher-capacity 777s. Zurich-Tokyo Narita will be served daily with 777s beginning February 2020, and Zurich-Miami will become a year-round 777 service from summer 2020.<br/>

Air New Zealand has told about 70,000 Airpoints members some of their personal information has been caught in a phishing scam. While Airpoints accounts, passwords and credit card details were not accessed, the airline says some information relating to membership profiles may have been compromised. "We're sorry to advise that some of your personal information may have been affected by a recent phishing incident relating to two Air New Zealand staff accounts," the airline's regional general manager, loyalty and customer direct Jeremy O'Brien said. The airline's loyalty scheme has about two million members and it says it has proactively contacted a "limited" number - around 3.5% of its membership. The Privacy Commissioner's office said it had been notiified by the airline of the issue on July 31. An airline spokeswoman said Friday it had received confirmation yesterday of the customers potentially affected by this issue and had communicated directly with them. "We have notified the relevant regulatory bodies. Unfortunately, malicious attacks of this nature are becoming more common around the world and we apologise to our customers for any inconvenience," she said. O'Brien said the airline had secured the two affected accounts and was conducting a thorough investigation.<br/>