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SWISS now aims to contract only four E190-E2 jets from Helvetic Airways (Switzerland) instead of the eight it originally planned to operate.
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Swiss' leisure subsidiary Edelweiss will resume direct trips to Havana and Varadero (Cuba) from Zurich in July 2021.
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SWISS is currently faced with structural changes to its market, and expects to see a lasting 20% decline in customer demand in the medium term. In total, SWISS will have downsized its workforce by some 1,700 full-time equivalents by the end of 2021, while the fleet will also be reduced by 15%.
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SWISS plans to commence weekly services connecting Geneva to Sharm el-Sheikh, Tenerife and Madeira in early September 2021 with A220s.
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SWISS has planned to resume its services from Zurich to Colombo on 04 November 2021.
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SWISS will offer its customers a total of 90 destinations in its winter 2021/2022 schedules. SWISS also plans to resume service on its long-haul Geneva – New York route from mid-December 2021 onwards.

https://www.aviation24.be/airlines/luft ... schedules/
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5 A350-900 from the open order from Lufthansa has been alocated to Swiss

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SWISS will launch a new link between Geneva and St. Petersburg on 18 December 2021 with A220-300.
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Quite interesting bit in Swiss network expansion for summer 2022 :
They will operate GVA-BRU on their own metal, competing with SN, and advertising it specifically together with JFK-GVA

https://swiss.newsmarket.com/english/pr ... 3013064b13

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tsx wrote: 14 Dec 2021, 12:44 Quite interesting bit in Swiss network expansion for summer 2022 :
They will operate GVA-BRU on their own metal, competing with SN, and advertising it specifically together with JFK-GVA

https://swiss.newsmarket.com/english/pr ... 3013064b13
Both are sisters of Lufthansa Group, hence it's not competition.

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Av24.be wrote: 14 Dec 2021, 14:17
tsx wrote: 14 Dec 2021, 12:44 Quite interesting bit in Swiss network expansion for summer 2022 :
They will operate GVA-BRU on their own metal, competing with SN, and advertising it specifically together with JFK-GVA

https://swiss.newsmarket.com/english/pr ... 3013064b13
Both are sisters of Lufthansa Group, hence it's not competition.
More than that, it’s probably a cost saving measure with Swiss operating the first flight from Geneva and the last one from Brussels to avoid two SN crews night stopping in Gva.

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Poiu wrote: 14 Dec 2021, 14:25
Av24.be wrote: 14 Dec 2021, 14:17
tsx wrote: 14 Dec 2021, 12:44 Quite interesting bit in Swiss network expansion for summer 2022 :
They will operate GVA-BRU on their own metal, competing with SN, and advertising it specifically together with JFK-GVA

https://swiss.newsmarket.com/english/pr ... 3013064b13
Both are sisters of Lufthansa Group, hence it's not competition.
More than that, it’s probably a cost saving measure with Swiss operating the first flight from Geneva and the last one from Brussels to avoid two SN crews night stopping in Gva.
A further cost-saving measure would then be to have SN operate the first flight from Brussels and the last one from Zurich, instead of SWISS!
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sn26567 wrote: 14 Dec 2021, 14:31
Poiu wrote: 14 Dec 2021, 14:25
Av24.be wrote: 14 Dec 2021, 14:17

Both are sisters of Lufthansa Group, hence it's not competition.
More than that, it’s probably a cost saving measure with Swiss operating the first flight from Geneva and the last one from Brussels to avoid two SN crews night stopping in Gva.
A further cost-saving measure would then be to have SN operate the first flight from Brussels and the last one from Zurich, instead of SWISS!
Let's hope they do that indeed!

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All network airlines are now having the same onboard. Flying Austrian, Brussels, Lufthansa or Swiss is now exactly the same from a pax perspective. Nightstop of the aircraft and crew abroad of the base is a necessity to feed the network but it's also a huge cost wich can be lower with a good synergy between sister companies.

Austrian is already doing all morning flights to BRU,FRA,MUC,ZRH and GVA. All other airlines should do the same to reduce cost.

In the case of Brussels, we should fly to FRA 4x/Day and to MUC and ZRH

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Depends as well on the sweet spot of time and pax flow and available aircraft. Now it's easier as a large portion of the 321 is not flying.
With an all 320 fleet in the future, sone mid day flights could end up at Dolomiti.

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