Date : 02 JAN 2015
Aircraft: AVRO RJ 100
From-To: BRU-ZRH
Seat: 4F
Scheduled/Effective Time of Departure: 18:50/19:03 (GMT + 1)
Scheduled/Effective Time of Arrival: 20:05/20:06(GMT +1)
Scheduled/Effective Duration of the flight: 01 hrs 15 mins/01 hrs 03 mins
The plane arrived a little bit later than expected and thus we had to wait a bit longer before we could board our plane. Although it was not busy at all at Brussels Airport, the load factor in this "jumbolino" (as the Swiss call these RJ100s) was near 100%.
Economy class was 95% in lf. Business class had a lf of 100%. Surprising to see was that there were 7 people sitting in business class.This was strange because there were only two rows (2-3 configuration) and hence you would expect only 6 seats. This ment that on the first row, the two left seats where both occupied.
As I was sitting in Economy class in the 4F window seat, it surprised me how much leg space we actually had. on the photo (bad quality) you can see this very well. I think this is good to know, because now you have the advantage of sitting at the window side and you have enough leg space as well.
During the whole flight lights stayed dimmed, which was cosy in the beginning, but became a little bit disturbing when the service started. It was almost not possible to see whether there was a glass of coke or wine on your tish.
After 20 minutes, we were offered a drink (if kindly asked even 2: a hot and cold) and a fresh piece of bread with cheese and light curry (strange combination, but not bad at all).
I think the only thing SWISS has to improve on these flights is its punctuality. Too often there are long delays on this line (4 out of five times in the last half year I used this service).
