All Swiss articles
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NewsSwiss cabin crew member dies after A220’s engine-related diversion
Swiss has disclosed that a flight attendant on the Airbus A220-300 which diverted to Graz with engine problems and smoke in the cabin subsequently died in hospital. He had been among five crew on board the twinjet which had been operating a Bucharest-Zurich service, as LX1885, with 74 passengers on ...
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NewsInvestigations flag ‘previously unknown fault’ following Swiss PW1500G engine failure
Investigations are continuing into the cause of a Pratt & Whitney PW1500G engine failure aboard a Swiss Airbus A220-300 on 23 December that forced the twinjet to make an emergency landing in Graz.
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NewsSwiss A220 diverted due to smoke in cockpit and cabin
Smoke in the cockpit and cabin of a Swiss-operated Airbus A220-300 during a 23 December flight forced the crew to make an emergency landing in Graz, Austria.
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NewsSwiss doubles its A350 commitment
Lufthansa Group carrier Swiss is bringing five more Airbus A350-900s into its fleet, doubling its commitment to the long-haul twinjet.
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NewsSwiss and Helvetic extend wet-lease deal for further five years
Swiss International Air Lines and Helvetic Airways have extended their long-standing wet-lease partnership for a further five years.
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NewsSwiss on-time performance during summer season lags 70% target
Swiss International Air Lines had a “mixed” summer season as the carrier’s on-time performance rose slightly to 64.2% but remained below the company’s target of 70%.
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NewsSwiss Boeing 777 stuck in grass at Astana after diverting for medical emergency
A Swiss International Air Lines Boeing 777-300ER with 319 passengers and 18 crew on board suffered a runway mishap in Astana after diverting to the Kazakh capital due to a medical emergency.
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NewsLufthansa challenges weigh down wider group as profits fall 37% in second quarter
Lufthansa Group adjusted earnings before interest and taxes (EBIT) fell 37% in the second quarter to €686 million ($742 million) despite revenues passing €10 billion for the first time, as challenges at its German operations in particular took a toll.
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NewsSwiss names Lufthansa Group manager Jens Fehlinger as its new CEO
Swiss International Air Lines has named Lufthansa Group manager Jens Fehlinger as its new chief executive beginning on 1 October.
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NewsSwiss first-quarter profit slips as yields decline and costs rise
Swiss International Air Lines cites lower yields, a weaker cargo business, inflation and higher fuel and personnel costs contributed to lower profit for the first quarter of 2024.
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NewsEdelweiss A340 experiences apparent windshear incident in Zurich
An Edelweiss Air Airbus A340 experienced a possible windshear incident on take-off from Zurich airport, which nearly sent it back onto the runway.
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NewsSwiss remains Lufthansa’s crown jewel with record profit and double-digit EBIT margin
Swiss International Air Lines posted a record operating profit for 2023 as healthy demand for air travel and disciplined cost-cutting allowed the airline to “definitively master the corona crisis and the major challenges that it posed”.
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NewsLufthansa posts €2.7bn full-year operating profit and expects similar in 2024
Lufthansa Group expects continued strong demand and double-digit capacity growth this year to help it match the €2.7 billion ($2.9 billion) operating profit it posted for 2023.
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NewsSwiss names new finance chief and adds operations role to management board
Swiss has named a new chief financial officer and is adding a chief operating officer to its management board.
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NewsFinance chief Steenbergen to leave as Lufthansa Group restructures management
Lufthansa Group chief financial officer Remco Steenbergen is to leave the European airline group as part of series of executive changes which also include the appointment for former Airbus and Rolls-Royce executive Grazia Vittadini as its new technology chief.
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NewsSwiss CEO Vranckx to depart for Lufthansa Group executive board role
Swiss International Air Lines chief executive Dieter Vranckx will leave his post to join Lufthansa Group’s executive board, responsible for global markets and commercial steering hubs, in July.
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NewsSwiss CFO Markus Binkert to leave company in May
Swiss International Air Lines’ chief financial officer Markus Binkert will leave the company at the end of May.
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NewsSwiss brings back last of fleet grounded during Covid
Swiss International Air Lines has brought the last of 25 aircraft grounded during the Covid pandemic back into commercial service today.
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NewsSwiss to adopt artificial intelligence passenger counting next year following tests
Swiss has declared a success its trial of using artificial intelligence to count passengers during boarding, and will adopt the process formally from next year. It plans to replace manual counting on short-haul flights in the third quarter of 2024 and on long-haul services from the fourth. “Once the new ...
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NewsSwiss commercial chief to head up Lufthansa Group customer satisfaction drive
Swiss chief commercial officer Tamu Goudarzi Pour is to take responsibility for customer experience within the Lufthansa Group and lead a new initiative aimed at improving customer satisfaction next year.