In 1976, the Swiss travel company "Intraflug AG" had first hired, then also bought, several CIWL-carriages, and operated them as "Nostalgie Istanbul Orient Express" from Zürich to Istanbul. In 1983, the 100th anniversary of the "Orient Express" was celebrated by a trip of this train from Paris to Istanbul, and in 1988 it was run to Hong Kong via the Soviet Union and China. From there it was transferred by ferry to Japan and ran between Hiroshima and Tokyo, after which it was used for some excursions (Orient Express '88).