Swiss International Air Lines

The latest airline route news, featuring network changes, schedule alterations, codeshares and interline agreements.

Lufthansa Technik (LHT) and Swiss International Air Lines (Swiss) have completed application of AeroShark surface film on 12 Boeing 777-300ERs.

Swiss is expected to receive its first of five Airbus A350-900s in the second quarter of 2025.

While Swiss International Air Lines works to mitigate the impact of GTF-related groundings, CEO Dieter Vranckx is looking ahead to what will replace its 777s.

Lufthansa subsidiary Swiss has announced record results for the 2023 financial year, saying it has completed its post-COVID transformation program.

Seoul will become the third new long-haul destination in Swiss’ network this summer.

Eight years after it became the first airline in the world to put the Airbus A220 into service, Swiss is making full use of the type’s versatility.

Lufthansa Group Airlines restarted services to Tel Aviv on Jan. 8 under special security measures after a two-month hiatus.

A warning strike at Discover Airlines will affect flights on Dec. 23, while Edelweiss pilots have initiated negotiations on a new collective employment agreement.

Maintenance demand for the Airbus A330 is expected to peak over the next two years.

Lufthansa Group is reassigning some of its airlines’ top executives as the company sets up a groupwide taskforce to improve customer satisfaction.

Cabin crew at Swiss have until Dec. 19 to approve a new labor deal that has been agreed to between the airline and its unions, following months of negotiations.

Swiss cannot reduce the number of wet-leased aircraft it planned to operate in summer 2024 and must invest further to increase punctuality.

Lufthansa subsidiary Swiss International Air Lines (Swiss) is preparing for the grounding of several of its Airbus A220s and A320neos.

Aiming to hike capacity by 10% for 2024, Swiss International Air Lines will bring its last remaining stored Airbus A320s back from Amman, Jordan.

The major network expansion will see Lufthansa’s seats in the U.S. market grow by 16% in 2024, Group CEO Carsten Spohr said.

SWISS operates some of the oldest Airbus A220-100s, which were delivered to the carrier as former Bombardier CS100s from 2016 onward.

Demand for long-haul first class has picked up. Is it a sustainable trend?

A large number of Airbus A320neos, A220s and Embraer E2 aircraft are parked as Pratt & Whitney struggles with retrofits and engine supply.

Lufthansa Group carriers Austrian Airlines, Brussels Airlines and Swiss International are gearing up to carefully manage the summer peak.

Lufthansa CEO Carsten Spohr expects engine shortages will continue to significantly affect the group’s airlines, particularly Swiss.

German companies Lufthansa Technik and BASF say the surface technology will achieve more efficiency gains and a CO2 emission reduction of up to 3%.

The latest new route announcements, schedule changes and codeshares.

Claus Bauer, head of technical fleet management, discusses the airline’s maintenance strategy for the post-pandemic service ramp-up.

SWISS’s hub-and-spoke system in Zurich plans to operate at 85% of pre-pandemic capacity levels in 2023.