by Lufthansa Flyer | Apr 9, 2015 | Business Class, Economy Class, Fare Sale, Featured, Swiss |
SWISS is running concurrent fare sales for travel between the USA and SWISS destinations throughout Europe.
For Spring travel, SWISS is offering attractive economy fares that start as low as the mid $700 range (Newark – Milan) for travel in April and May. Otherwise, most east coast fares to Europe are under $1000. Fares from the west coast start at approximately $1100 (Los Angeles – Berlin) and range to approximately $1400 on the high end (LAX to Paris or Luxembourg).
For Summer travel, a Business Class fare sale is in place that has most fares from the east coast ranging in the very low $3000 range to most destinations. Fares from the west coast typically run in the $4000-4300 range. The valid travel period for the Business Class sale is between June 29 and September 3.
Keep in mind that the fare sale covers departures & arrivals taking place between Monday and Thursday. Weekend travel will incur a small surcharge.
by Lufthansa Flyer | Apr 8, 2015 | Austrian, Brussels, Featured, germanwings, Lufthansa, Strike, Swiss |
Due to the scheduled strike by French Air Traffic Controllers that will take place between Wednesday and Friday, Lufthansa Group carriers have been forced to cancel flights to and from Paris.
Thus far, LH has canceled 24 flights for April 8 departing from Frankfurt and Munich, and should the strike go into a second day, additional cancellations can be expected for Thursday April 9. In addition, Germanwings has canceled 12 flights that are scheduled to operated between France and Germany on April 8.
LH Group member ‘SWISS’ has canceled 11 flights for April 8 with more cancellations possible for April 9.
Austrian and Brussels are warning that their flights may be impacted by the strike but they have not published any information regarding cancelled flights as yet.
by Lufthansa Flyer | Mar 13, 2015 | Eurowings, Featured, Fleet Update, Swiss |
LUFTHANSA Group today has announced additional aircraft orders for SWISS and Eurowings.
SWISS will receive an additional 3 Boeing 777-300ER aircraft on top of their previous commitment for 6 of the same type. The 6 aircraft from the original order are slated for delivery beginning in 2016 while the 3 aircraft from this follow-up order will join the fleet beginning in late 2017.
Eurowings, Lufthansa’s LCC solution, will see the addition of 6 pre-owned Airbus A320 aircraft to their fleet. This move is not unexpected as LH is planning to remove all ERJ and CRJ aircraft from Eurowings over the coming year or two. These additional aircraft will join the fleet beginning in 2016.
by Lufthansa Flyer | Mar 3, 2015 | Fare Sale, Featured, Swiss |
SWISS is currently running a 2-day fare sale featuring attractive fares from US gateways to a variety of Swiss destinations including Basel, Zurich, Geneva, and Lugano. The fares cover Spring and Summer travel and are worth considering if you are thinking about a Holiday to Switzerland to help you forget about a fairly brutal winter.
The best fares include Boston and New York where for only $840 you can get to Basel or Zurich. Otherwise most East Coast Gateway fares run in the high $800 to low $900 range. West Coast Gateways (LAX/SFO) fares to Switzerland range from the mid-$1200s to low $1300 range.
The fare sale ends on March 4 and covers travel dates as follows:
Departures need to take place between April 6 and May 15.
Return travel can take place as late as mid-August according to the SWISS booking engine.
These fares are only available for Monday-Thursday travel. Weekend travel dates will incur a small surcharge.
by Lufthansa Flyer | Feb 25, 2015 | Featured, Route Announcements, Swiss |
Though the original announcement came in October 2014, SWISS’ launch of over 20 new routes begins in earnest over the coming weeks. Many of them are seasonal routes and will operate through August or September 2015.
Here is the latest info on the new routes:
FROM GENEVA:
Geneva – Calvi effective June 20 will BEGIN 1x/week service.
Geneva – Florence effective March 29 will BEGIN 3x/week service (moves to 4x/week on June 24).
Geneva – Lugano effective March 30 will BEGIN 16x/week service.
Geneva – Palermo effective June 22 will BEGIN 2x/week service.
Geneva – Valencia effective March 29 will BEGIN 2x/week service.
Geneva – Sarajevo effective March 29 will BEGIN 1x/week service (moves to 2x/week on July 1).
Geneva – Skopje effective April 4 will BEGIN 1x/week service (moves to 2x/week on July 7).
Geneva – Thessaloniki effective June 20 will BEGIN 1x/week service.
Geneva – Zakinthos effective June 20 will BEGIN 1x/week service.
FROM ZURICH:
Zurich – Bari effective May 2 will BEGIN 3x/week service.
Zurich – Bilbao effective May 2 will BEGIN 3x/week service.
Zurich – Brindisi effective July 2 will BEGIN 3x/week service.
Zurich – Dresden effective March 30 will BEGIN 12x/week service.
Zurich – Gothenburg effective April 19 will BEGIN 6x/week service.
Zurich – Graz effective March 29 will BEGIN 1x/day service.
Zurich – Helsinki effective March 30 will BEGIN 5x/week service.
Zurich – Izmir effective July 2 will BEGIN 3x/week service.
Zurich – Krakow effective May 1 will BEGIN 4x/week service.
Zurich – Leipzig effective April 18 will BEGIN 1x/day service.
Zurich – Ljubljana effective March 29 will BEGIN 1x/day service.
Zurich – Malta effective July 1 will BEGIN 4x/week service.
Zurich – Naples effective March 29 will BEGIN 2x/week service (moves to 5x/week on May 1).
Zurich – Riga effective March 31 will BEGIN 3x/week service.
Zurich – Santiago de Compostela effective July 2 will BEGIN 3x/week service.
Zurich – Sarajevo effective May 1 will BEGIN 3x/week service.
Zurich – Sofia effective May 2 will BEGIN 4x/week service.
Zurich – Toulouse effective May 1 will BEGIN 4x/week service.
Zurich – Zagreb effective April 18 will BEGIN 1x/day service.
