by Lufthansa Flyer | Jan 29, 2015 | Edelweiss, Featured, On Board Experience, Swiss |
To mark their 20th Anniversary, Edelweiss will be offering passengers the rare opportuntity to take off on a Zeppelin flight from several Swiss cities during 2015.
Flights will be offered on a very limited basis and will operate for only a few days from each city. Here is a list of the cities and the dates of the flights:
Monchaltorf: May 21 – June 1
Flights will take place over Zurich and Lake Zurich.
Basel: July 6 – July 12
Flights will take place over Basel and the Rhine River.
Interlaken: July 27 – August 2
Flights will take place along the Alps, over Lake Thun and Lake Brienz.
Sitterdorf: August 7 – August 9
Flights will take place over Lake Constance and Kreuzlingen.
Grenchen: August 17 – August 24
Flights will take place over Solothurn, Burgdorf and Lake Biel.
Birrfeld: August 25 – August 31
Flights will take place over Lenzburg, Koblenz and Baden
Most flights will last for 30 minutes and will cost CHF 149 per passenger. During the Zepplin’s visit to each city, special events will be planned at each venue on certain days as well.
For additional information and to book your flight, please visit the Edelweiss Zeppelin Webpage.
by Lufthansa Flyer | Jan 26, 2015 | Featured, Swiss |
What should come as no surprise, SWISS has cancelled their flights that will be affected by the Winter Storm set to impact the Northeast on Monday and Tuesday.
The following is the list of flight cancellations thus far by SWISS for January 26, 2015:
LX16: Zurich – New York (JFK)
LX14: Zurich – New York (JFK)
LX18: Zurich – New York (EWR)
LX22: Geneva- New York JFK (JFK)
LX17: New York (JFK) – Zurich
LX15: New York (JFK) – Zurich
LX23: New York (JFK) Geneva
LX19: New York (EWR) – Zurich
Their press release only referred to the above flights, however I suspect that their Zurich-Boston service will be cancelled as well:
LX52: Zurich – Boston
LX53: Boston – Zurich
No word yet from Lufthansa, Brussels or Austrian, however I suspect all of their flights for the Northeast to be cancelled for January 26 and January 27.
If your flights over the coming days are affected, please use this link to find your local SWISS customer service center so that you can be reaccomodated.
by Lufthansa Flyer | Jan 23, 2015 | Business Class, Contests, Featured, Swiss |
SWISS has joined with artist Gerry Hofstetter to bring a unique perspective to a variety of European cities. Using monuments around Europe as his ‘canvas’ and Eyes as his subject, he is attempting to convey a message of greater attentiveness to the things that surround us.
With this effort, SWISS is asking for your participation in the project and in return will award 6 lucky winners each with a pair of Business Class tickets for travel to Switzerland. The contest is open to residents of the US and Europe (except for those residing in France, Italy or the Republic of San Marino). To enter, all you have to do is take a ‘selfie’ of your eyes and upload it via the Contest Entry Page. Your ‘Eyefie’ will be used in a ‘Grand Finale’ exhibit in Zurich.
All submissions will be gathered and a random drawing will take place in April to award the 6 vouchers. The deadline for entering is Midnight, March 31, 2015 (Central Euro Time).
The terms and conditions are vague (as usual), but basically state that each winner will receive a voucher good for Biz class tickets from a USA gateway. The expiration of the vouchers is not clear, but don’t let that stop you from entering! The details can be sorted out later!
Click Here To Be Taken To The Contest’s Entry Page
