Last year we flew Swiss for the first time to New York; and were pleasantly surprised by their service and the swift transfer at Zurich airport. So for our trip to the US West Coast, we chose Swiss again. For €620 pp their fare was 'normal'.
I made a small report, nothing special. Enjoy
LX787 BRU - ZRH
HB-IJE Airbus A320-214
On time.
Video of take off and landing:
At the remote stand in Zurich
Short flight, with nothing special to report. Always nice to have an Airbus instead of the Avro we see here at Brussels quite regularly.
Meal was a tasty chocolate croissant:
Right before landing, we got some nice chocolates. They used to give Toblerone, but now they switched to their own 'brand'.
Connecting flights displayed:
Beautiful scenery on approach
Small plane taking off
LX40 ZRH - LAX
HB-JMK Airbus A340-313X
Departed with a slight delay, arrived perfectly on time.
Again a video, take off and landing:
LX38 to SFO pushing before us
Same plane on the front facing camera
At the holding point
Las Vegas
The flight was smooth, again nothing special to report. Only the amount of food we got, maybe:
Started with tortellini in a cream sauce:
Movenpick Panna Cotta ice cream:
Sandwich:
Pizza:
LX41 LAX - ZRH
HB-JMJ Airbus A340-313X
Departed on time, arrived 30 minutes early.
Video:
Some shots at LAX:
Again some nice meals:
Apero mix
Lasagna
Before landing we also got some bread and yoghurt, unfortunately no picture of that.
Sunrise
After landing in Zurich
LX782 ZRH - BRU
HB-IYT RJ100
Of the flight to Brussels unfortunately no video nor photos. Short flight with nothing to mention.
Departure on time, landing a bit early.
Swiss BRU - ZRH - LAX - ZRH - BRU
Swiss BRU - ZRH - LAX - ZRH - BRU
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Re: Swiss BRU - ZRH - LAX - ZRH - BRU
Nice pictures and videos. Thanks for sharing.
I flew Swissair from LAX to ZRH and BRU in C class just before the bankruptcy and was also impressed by the service, except for one stewardess who staunchly refused to speak French (one of their national languages) and kept coming back to German...
I flew Swissair from LAX to ZRH and BRU in C class just before the bankruptcy and was also impressed by the service, except for one stewardess who staunchly refused to speak French (one of their national languages) and kept coming back to German...
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Re: Swiss BRU - ZRH - LAX - ZRH - BRU
Look at this on a Swiss advertising :sn26567 wrote:Nice pictures and videos. Thanks for sharing.
I flew Swissair from LAX to ZRH and BRU in C class just before the bankruptcy and was also impressed by the service, except for one stewardess who staunchly refused to speak French (one of their national languages) and kept coming back to German...
"Swiss International Airlines is currently hiring cabin crew.
Minimum Requirements
•Minimum 20 years of age
•Minimum height: 158 cm
•High School diploma or equivalent education
•Fluent in German and English
•French, Italian or Spanish language an advantage
•Good swimming skills
•Right to live and work in Switzerland
Crew Base: Zurich
Last updated 15-Jul-2011
Apparently French is not obligatory at ' Swiss '
Re: Swiss BRU - ZRH - LAX - ZRH - BRU
I remember a long haul flight with KLM where the stewardess insisted to talk English - despite I heard her speak flat Dutch dialect with her colleagues.sn26567 wrote:Nice pictures and videos. Thanks for sharing.
I flew Swissair from LAX to ZRH and BRU in C class just before the bankruptcy and was also impressed by the service, except for one stewardess who staunchly refused to speak French (one of their national languages) and kept coming back to German...
Re: Swiss BRU - ZRH - LAX - ZRH - BRU
Swiss is nice for long haul except the legroom. What is your experience about legroom?
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Re: Swiss BRU - ZRH - LAX - ZRH - BRU
That is correct. Swiss is a GERMAN speaking airline.galaxy wrote:Apparently French is not obligatory at ' Swiss '
French and italian may be 'national' languages in Switzerland too, but since LX is based in ZRH you don't have to be able to speak any of those to work for Swiss and you often will find nobody in a crew who does (especially on short haul), although they do their best to allocate French speaking crew to the flights from GVA.
Don't assume the language flexibility we see from SN to be similar to that of LX: on LX flights to ZRH, you often won't hear a single word of French: German and English only.
Re: Swiss BRU - ZRH - LAX - ZRH - BRU
Nice pics and vids... especially that approach to LAX - shows how huge LA is. I remember flying there with a City Bird MD-11 in the 90's I also like the airport activity : An Air Tahiti Nui taxiing and that CO taking off when you were landing. One concern though : did you really have TERRA cotta icecream ? How did your stomac feel after that ???
Re: Swiss BRU - ZRH - LAX - ZRH - BRU
Ouchcapetown wrote:Nice pics and vids... especially that approach to LAX - shows how huge LA is. I remember flying there with a City Bird MD-11 in the 90's I also like the airport activity : An Air Tahiti Nui taxiing and that CO taking off when you were landing. One concern though : did you really have TERRA cotta icecream ? How did your stomac feel after that ???
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Re: Swiss BRU - ZRH - LAX - ZRH - BRU
Fantastic trip report. People should do more of these on luchtzak... Any upcoming trips ?