Jens Fehlinger, CEO SWISS (left) and Saurabh Kapoor, CEO Metafuels (right) In a further confirmation of its commitment to using sustainable aviation fuels, SWISS has concluded a new collaboration with the Swiss-based Metafuels SAF technology company. The partners aim to jointly promote the development and scaling-up of viable SAF solutions. The collaboration should help SWISS […]
SWISS received multiple honours at this year’s World Travel Catering & Onboard Services Expo in Hamburg. The Swiss airline was presented with a total of four awards at the renowned Onboard Hospitality Awards 2026 and the PAX Readership Awards 2026. At the Onboard Hospitality Awards, Swiss International Air Lines (SWISS) received the most prestigious accolade […]
SWISS and Kuehne+Nagel are to embark on a partnership to promote more sustainable air transportation. As leading players in their fields, the airline and the logistics concern both support the development and commercialization of the synthetic aviation fuels manufactured by the Swiss-based Synhelion clean-tech company. One key pillar in this support is the two partners’ […]
SWISS is taking off into Advent with a new social media campaign. ‘LXmas dalla Nonna’ spotlights two grandmothers, one from Switzerland and one from Italy, and shows just how much they have in common: kindness and warmth, a love of life’s good things and a strong sense of community. The airline has also channeled these […]
Jens Fehlinger, SWISS CEO, and Heike Birlenbach, SWISS CCO, at the ribbon cutting ceremony during the gate event for SWISS flight LX52 from Zurich to Boston. Image: SWISS SWISS’s first Airbus A350 HB-IFA departed from Zurich for Boston at 18:37 on the evening of Thursday November 20th, on its first revenue long-haul flight. The […]
SWISS Business Class customers traveling from or to Geneva can pre-order their main inflight meal free of charge for any short-haul flight of more than two hours. The new meal option is available for any such flight departing after 10:00 from 4 June 2025 onwards. Swiss International Air Lines (SWISS) is extending its pre-select meal […]
From October 2025, Lufthansa Group will introduce the online payment option ‘Click to Pay’ on the booking portals of its airlines Lufthansa, SWISS, Austrian Airlines and Brussels Airlines in cooperation with Visa. ‘Click to Pay’ enables customers to complete online bookings by entering their e-mail address. There is no need to enter debit and credit […]
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 […]
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 International Air […]
SWISS is to extend its ‘Green Fares’ to all its long-haul services from 4 December 2024, together with its sister airlines in the Lufthansa Group. The Green Fare product includes a price component for offsetting the carbon emissions generated by the customer’s air travel. The new long-haul Green Fares supplement SWISS’s existing range of products […]
