Swiss News
SWISS posts CHF 3 million operating result for the first-quarter period
SWISS has reported a positive operating result for the first three months of 2025. Adjusted EBIT for the period amounted to CHF 3 million (Q1 2024: CHF 31 million). The decline from the prior-year period is primarily due to the fact that Easter, a traditionally busy time in air travel terms, fell in the second quarter this year. First-quarter earnings were also reduced by rising costs, but were simultaneously buoyed by strong cargo business and lower year-on-year fuel price levels. SWISS is now making extensive preparations for the summer peak travel season, with a consistent focus on schedule stability and customer satisfaction.
SWISS brings top Uri cuisine from Lake Lucerne aboard
SWISS will be taking its guests on a gourmet trip to Canton Uri from next week onwards in the next chapter of its ‘SWISS Taste of Switzerland’ inflight culinary program. The latest special meal creations for First and Business Class travelers are the work of top chef Joshua Lüscher, chef de cuisine at the famed Zwyssighaus restaurant in the village of Bauen on the shores of Lake Lucerne. With such fine dining highlights as a tatar of pikeperch and mustard pickles, braised beef shoulder and jus with morels and rhubarb tiramisu, the new SWISS inflight menus bring the aromas of Central Switzerland aloft.
SWISS introduces TWINT as a new payment method
SWISS customers can now pay for their flight tickets using Switzerland’s TWINT payment app. The new payment method is available for SWISS tickets and for additional flight-related services, too such as seat reservations from Switzerland, and can be used on both the SWISS app and the swiss.com website.
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 training marks a further milestone in the addition to the SWISS aircraft fleet of the advanced Airbus A350, the first of which will enter revenue service for the airline this summer.
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 International Air Lines (SWISS) is to take delivery of more new long-haul aircraft. In addition to the five Airbus A350-900s which are already on order, the airline is to receive five more of the advanced long-haul twinjet, as part of an overall investment by the Lufthansa Group.
SWISS names Michael Weinmann as its new Head of Media Relations
Swiss International Air Lines (SWISS) has appointed Michael Weinmann as its new Head of Media Relations. He will take up his duties on 1 March 2025. In addition to his extensive journalistic experience, Michael Weinmann is a seasoned aviation specialist who also has a personal connection with the sector: as the holder of a private pilot’s license, he brings not only theoretical expertise but also practical flying experience to his new SWISS position.
SWISS to offer new summer services to Niš, Heringsdorf, Montpellier and Dubrovnik
SWISS will be further expanding its route network in its 2025 summer schedules with the introduction of new non‑stop services between Zurich and Niš (Serbia), Heringsdorf (Germany), Montpellier (France) and Dubrovnik (Croatia). SWISS will also be continuing the new non-stop Geneva-Berlin service launched this winter in next year’s summer schedules. Swiss International Air Lines (SWISS) is to add four new European destinations from Zurich in its 2025 summer schedules to offer customers an even more attractive range of air travel options. The new services from Zurich will be provided to Niš (Serbia), Heringsdorf (Germany), Montpellier (France) and Dubrovnik (Croatia).
SWISS and Helvetic Airways extend their partnership
SWISS and Helvetic Airways are to extend and deepen their proven and long-standing partnership for a further five years. Helvetic Airways will operate up to 15 aircraft throughout the SWISS European network on SWISS’s behalf under the continued wet-lease agreement.
SWISS improves punctuality while transporting more passengers
SWISS has reported mixed results from its flight operations for the 2024 summer holiday period. Various actions taken in advance of this year’s peak travel season helped raise the airline’s year-to-date punctuality to 64 per cent – an improvement on the same period in 2023 that was achieved despite its transporting some 8 per cent more passengers this summer between the beginning of July and the middle of August. At the same time, more SWISS travellers were affected by irregularities this year during the peak summer period. Most of these were attributable to exogenous factors such as thunderstorms, bottlenecks in Europe’s air traffic control system and associated knock-on delays.
SWISS appoints Julia Wetter-Studinka as its new Head of Regional Sales Switzerland
Julia Wetter-Studinka has been appointed as SWISS’s new Head of Regional Sales Switzerland. She will take up her duties on 1 September 2024. Wetter-Studinka, who presently serves as SWISS’s Head of Corporate & TMC Key Account Management, succeeds Marco Willa, who has assumed a new function as Head of Onboard Experience for the Lufthansa Group.
Ten tips from SWISS for relaxing summer holiday travel
Summertime is travel time – which means it’s the busiest time of the year at Zurich and Geneva airports. SWISS has been making extensive preparations for this year’s peak travel season. Customers can play their part, too, in ensuring a smooth travel experience. And SWISS has compiled a handy brief guide with its top ten tips for travellers.
SWISS extends its partnership with the Swiss Football Association
SWISS is to extend its partnership agreement with the Swiss Football Association for a further four years to June 2028, and will thus remain the Official Airline of Switzerland’s national football teams. In doing so, SWISS is underlining its commitment to supporting sports in Switzerland at the national level.