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SWISS to start training its first pilots for the new Airbus A350

SWISS is to commence the training of cockpit crew members to fly the new Airbus A350 at the beginning of February. The training will utilize the new A350 full-flight simulator which was recently installed by Lufthansa Aviation Training Switzerland at its Opfikon training facility. SWISS plans to train more than 50 of its pilots on the new twinjet in the course of this year. The start of such...

SWISS to receive five further Airbus A350s

SWISS is to receive five further new Airbus A350-900 aircraft from 2027 onwards, in addition to the five which it already has on order. The new SWISS Airbus A350 fleet will be gradually delivered – complete with the new ‘SWISS Senses’ cabin interior – between summer 2025 and the end of 2031. SWISS is to take delivery of more new long-haul aircraft. In addition to...

Total Component Support for SWISS' future A350 fleet

SWISS will entrust Lufthansa Technik's renowned expertise in aircraft component support also for Airbus A350s to be added to its long-haul fleet from next year. A recently signed contract for a Total Component Support covers all aircraft of the new type and complements the current TCS for SWISS’ Airbus A320ceo, A320neo, A330 and A340 fleets. This also includes the expansion of...

AeroSHARK successfully rolled out to the entire SWISS Boeing 777 fleet

Over the past one and a half years, SWISS has equipped its entire Boeing 777-300ER fleet with sharkskin technology from Lufthansa Technik and BASF. The AeroSHARK surface film mimics the flow-optimizing characteristics of sharkskin. Applied to the fuselage and engine nacelles it reduces drag during the flight. This promotes lower fuel consumption and CO₂ emissions. All twelve modified Boeing 777 ai...

SWISS and Climeworks set a shared course for a more sustainable future

SWISS and Lufthansa Group became first members of the airline sector to embark on a long-term strategic partnership with the Swiss-based Climeworks company. The partners intend to work together to promote the scaling up of Climeworks’ innovative technology for removing carbon dioxide from the air via a process known as direct air capture or DAC. As Climeworks’s firs...

SWISS reliably transports more than half a million passengers over the Christmas and New Year period

Christmas and New Year holiday period is particularly popular for travel, and the trend is clearly reflected in SWISS’s passenger numbers. SWISS has transported a total of 546,961 travellers during this time. It can report broadly positive flight operations, too: the company and its employees were able to perform just under 99 per cent of its flights as scheduled – despite partially ad...

SWISS to serve new European destinations in Summer 2024

SWISS will be making further additions to its short-haul route network in its 2024 summer schedules. Service between Zurich and Bremen will be newly offered in summer, too. Oslo will be added to the Geneva-based network; and the existing Geneva destinations of Copenhagen and Stockholm will also be newly served in the summer timetable period. SWISS will be offering travellers an even wider...

SITA eWAS helps SWISS avoid turbulence

SITA eWAS is now deployed across all SWISS fleet to enable its pilots to anticipate and avoid adverse weather conditions, like turbulence. SITA eWAS is the only digital weather awareness application on the market today that aggregates multiple weather sources for greater accuracy and reliability in weather forecasts. More and more airlines are opting for electronic weather awareness solu...

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