by Lufthansa Flyer | Apr 22, 2016 | Featured, Route Announcements, Swiss |
SWISS has unveiled their ‘VERY’ preliminary Bombardier CS100 destinations and schedules as the aircraft finally joins the fleet and enters service on July 15. Besieged by delays, it’s nice to finally see the plane in action.
As you can expect, there will be a lot of rotation of the CS100 throughout Europe in the coming months as 20 CS100 and 10 CS300 are poised to join the fleet. For now, here is the schedule as released by SWISS on April 21:
July 15: Zurich – Paris
July 15: Zurich – Budapest
July 16: Zurich – Manchester (Until October 28)
March 27, 2017: Zurich – Manchester
July 16: Zurich – Prague
August 20: Zurich – Warsaw
August 21: Zurich – Brussels
September 7: Zurich – Stuttgart
September 11: Zurich – Bucharest (Until October 23)
September 11: Zurich – Venice (Until October 28)
September 16: Zurich – Milan Malpensa
October 1: Zurich – Florence
October 1: Zurich – Hanover (Until October 23)
October 2: Zurich – Nice (Until March 25)
October 30: Zurich – Birmingham (Until March 25)
October 30: Zurich – Geneva (Until March 25)
October 30: Zurich – Luxembourg
H/T: AirlineRoute.net
by Lufthansa Flyer | Apr 10, 2016 | 777, Featured, Route Announcements, Swiss |
SWISS has provided a minor update to the flight plans of their 777 aircraft as they begin to enter the fleet. The update below compliments their previous update that was provided in July 2015.
Zurich -Bangkok will begin 777 service on July 8, operating daily (no change to previous plans).
Zurich – Hong Kong will begin 777 service on April 10, operating on Wednesdays, Fridays, and Sundays.
Zurich – Hong Kong between May 2 and May 19 will CHANGE TO Mondays, Thursdays, and Saturdays.
Zurich – Hong Kong beginning May 20 will CHANGE to DAILY SERVICE.
Zurich – Los Angeles will begin 777 service on June 9, operating daily service (no change to previous plans).
Zurich – Montreal will begin 777 service on March 27, operating daily until August 30 (no change to previous plans).
Zurich – Sao Paulo will now ONLY OPERATE between August 1 and August 30. Previously it was to operate indefinitely.
Zurich – San Francisco will begin 777 service on August 30, operating on Tuesdays, Thursdays, Saturdays.
Zurich – Singapore will begin 777 service on September 2, operating on Wednesdays, Fridays, and Sundays.
Zurich – Tel Aviv will begin 777 service on September 2, operating on Mondays, Fridays, and Sundays.
by Lufthansa Flyer | Mar 30, 2016 | 767, 777, Austrian, Featured, Swiss |
In the coming weeks and months, several airports throughout Europe will witness a relatively rare event when Austrian ‘Heavies’ will replace regional jets.
If you live in, or travel to Dubrovnik, Frankfurt, Paris, Larnaca, Hamburg, or Zurich expect to see OS’ 767s and 777s operate on regularly scheduled flights. In addition to these Euro cities, Cairo will see Austrian’s 767 as well.
The reason?
It appears that Austrian has agreed to use their long haul fleet to allow SWISS pilots to gain certifications as SWISS begins to receive their 777 aircraft from Boeing. Not to worry, the LX pilots will be flying with OS pilots who are already certified for the aircraft types. The process will take place between April and October with numerous flights around Europe.
Nothing official has been spoken by either airline but according to a trustworthy source, FlyerTalk’s Oliver2002, this is nothing new for Austrian and SWISS to work together like this to help pilots get their hours and certifications.
The list of flights that will have a 767 or 777 assigned to it is a fairly lengthy and complicated one, so instead of spending hours deciphering all the variables here is a link to AirlineRoute.com’s webpage that provides a summary of the affected flights. Their presentation is quite complex, so if you have any specific questions regarding dates and flights, please leave a comment here and I’ll clear it up for you. I’ve attached a screen shot of their page for your convenience:
Austrian’s Euro timetable for 767 and 777 operations. Courtesy of AirlineRoute.net
So when you show up to your flight expecting some kind of ATR or ERJ, don’t be shocked when you see a 250-300 seat ‘Jumbo’ waiting to take you on your 45 minute flight from Vienna to Zurich.
