Swiss Intl Air Lines

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4 star Skytrax Rating
Food & Beverages 12345
Inflight Entertainment 12345
Seat Comfort 12345
Staff Service 12345
Value for Money 12345
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2/10

"Absolutely terrible seat"

(China)

Trip Verified | Zurich to Shanghai. Absolutely terrible seat, rock hard seat cushion, legroom inadequate for a 12 hours flight. When the seat in front is reclined your screen cannot be viewed because the old monitor provides no contrast-ratio under that viewing angle. Some seats are especially uncomfortable because of an IFE electronics box under the seat in front. I knew about this prior when booking and to avoid such a seat I paid 60CHF extra for a seat reservation. During the reservation process the cabin's seating map is shown where seats with such an IFE box in the legroom are marked. I chose a seat without IFE box, however, after boarding I had to realize that there was such a box. I called for the purser to address the issue, it took her 2 hours to come - brilliant work ethics were shown there. Very annoying is, that this was not the first time to happen, seems SWISS just ignores the incorrect cabin map. I consider this as a rip-off.
AircraftA340
Type Of TravellerCouple Leisure
Seat TypeEconomy Class
RouteZurich to Shanghai
Date FlownOctober 2017
Seat Comfort 12345
Cabin Staff Service 12345
Inflight Entertainment 12345
Ground Service 12345
Value For Money 12345
no
9/10

"Crew was extremely attentive"

(Brazil)

Trip Verified | Paris to Bangkok via Zurich. From Paris to Zurich, a 45 mn flight with a warm meal and wine. Fantastic. From Zurich to Bangkok, brand new B777. Seat 5D is great, and inflatable air system is very efficient for "heavy" passengers. Food was just amazing with famous vintage meals previously served on their lines. Crew was extremely attentive, matching with Asian airlines.
AircraftA320 / Boeing 773
Type Of TravellerSolo Leisure
Seat TypeBusiness Class
RouteParis to Bangkok via Zurich
Date FlownMarch 2018
Seat Comfort 12345
Cabin Staff Service 12345
Food & Beverages 12345
Inflight Entertainment 12345
Ground Service 12345
Value For Money 12345
yes
8/10

"Nice food, good entertainment"

(Germany)

Trip Verified | Pros: Superb seat comfort. Attractive air hostess who are very helpful. Nice food, good entertainment. Cons: Snack and breakfast refreshments should be made better. From Copenhagen to Zürich and Zurich to Copenhagen breakfast was not so good, just a croissant. Other than that everything is superb. Zurich airport doesn’t offer WiFi for more than 120 min and we needed to scan our boarding passes to get connected to WiFi. Such a huge airport with all these silly things is like crazy, connectivity should improve.
Type Of TravellerSolo Leisure
Seat TypeEconomy Class
RouteCopenhagen to New York via Zurich
Date FlownDecember 2017
Seat Comfort 12345
Cabin Staff Service 12345
Food & Beverages 12345
Inflight Entertainment 12345
Ground Service 12345
Value For Money 12345
yes
5/10

"accreditation of miles"

(United States)

Trip Verified | Miami to Moscow via Zurich. I frequently fly Star Alliance, especially United and Avianca. Very happy with the quality and service with these carriers. Recently I flew 2 times with SWISS, from Miami to Rome via Zurich and from Miami to Moscow via Zurich. The business flight to and from Rome was pleasant and as expected. The issue is with the accreditation of miles, that still is not showing up in the Avianca LifeMiles account, even if all the data are correct and the boarding pass presented the correct number. With all the other alliance airlines the accreditation is very quick, and that is important because the accreditation may lead to the next level of membership so one may end up having flown miles and segments and not being recognized just because SWISS is not diligent with accrediting. The other situation was with a flight from Miami to Moscow that I had to cancel, and was told that all the ticket would be gone lost, beside the taxes. Of course that was part of the contract's small print but still this is unfair that a vendor takes and keeps the money for a service that was not rendered. Other star alliance airlines' experience with canceling reservations (no matter what category of ticket) was that one can use the amount paid for the ticket for rebooking other flights, paying a penalty and fare difference, of course! SWISS is an OK airline but quite frankly not up to standard with other Star Alliance airlines in fact of caring about frequent flyers and cancellation policies. WIFI is incredibly expensive and not intuitive to use: so don't! So if you plan to fly with them make sure you are armed with patience and not needing any change in your schedule or need WIFI: SWISS is bad on all these issues.
Type Of TravellerBusiness
Seat TypeEconomy Class
RouteMiami to Moscow via Zurich
Date FlownMarch 2018
Seat Comfort 12345
Cabin Staff Service 12345
Food & Beverages 12345
Inflight Entertainment 12345
Ground Service 12345
Wifi & Connectivity 12345
Value For Money 12345
no
8/10

"Still I recommend Swiss"

(Germany)

Trip Verified | Stuttgart to Muscat via Zurich. Flights were okay though packed (good for the company), flight to Muscat landed somewhat late after a rather long stopover in Dubai. Service (food and drink) were good, inflight entertainment okay but not available during stopover in Dubai and on the onward flight to Muscat. I didn't like at all the very strict deplaning procedure, first and business class by the front exit, economy by the rear exit. I shall monitor on the way home. Still I recommend Swiss, though.
AircraftA330-300
Type Of TravellerBusiness
Seat TypeEconomy Class
RouteStuttgart to Muscat via Zurich
Date FlownMarch 2018
Seat Comfort 12345
Cabin Staff Service 12345
Food & Beverages 12345
Inflight Entertainment 12345
Ground Service 12345
Value For Money 12345
yes
10/10

"reliable for their flexibility"

(United States)

Trip Verified | Geneva to London. I have flown Swiss and never had much to say, but I feel compelled to write a positive review after an experience of getting snowed in at the Geneva Airport. My original flight was cancelled a day prior which gave me time to figure alternatives. Swiss switched my flight 4 Times for me. With no extra payment, easy, no hassle and I did not pay for an insurance like other cheap airlines I have flown with. Their staff was quick on the phone, happy to work with me, and I know I will be booking them in the future. Unfortunately I needed to get to London for a conference so the next day option did not work and I had to entirely switch airlines. But for other customers, Swiss was reliable for their flexibility and consideration in flight cancellations.
Type Of TravellerSolo Leisure
Seat TypeEconomy Class
RouteGeneva to London
Date FlownMarch 2018
Seat Comfort 12345
Cabin Staff Service 12345
Ground Service 12345
Value For Money 12345
yes
9/10

"what a great flight it was"

(United States)

Trip Verified | Geneva to New York JFK. First time with Swiss and what a great flight it was. We departed on time and arrived early. Seats were comfortable. The crew was really sympathetic and spoke French, German and English fluently. Food was excellent, we even asked for leftovers and we were granted our wish. At the end of the flight we were all offered an oshibori even as economy class passengers. The only downpoint was Geneva airport where we had to embark the airplane outside in the cold. All in all, great job Swiss, I will fly you again.
AircraftA330-300
Type Of TravellerFamily Leisure
Seat TypeEconomy Class
RouteGeneva to New York JFK
Date FlownFebruary 2018
Seat Comfort 12345
Cabin Staff Service 12345
Food & Beverages 12345
Inflight Entertainment 12345
Ground Service 12345
Wifi & Connectivity 12345
Value For Money 12345
yes
8/10

"must commend Swiss Air for their help"

(United Kingdom)

Trip Verified | Due to fly from London City to Zurich. I must commend Swiss Air for their help when my flight to Zurich from London City was cancelled. Airpot was closed while an unexploded WW2 bomb, found during dredging nearby, was cleared. My flight was at 8am Monday morning and news of closure was first heard on the radio at 11pm Sunday night. I contacted SwissAir by twitter and got prompt replies and then handed over to the Service Centre who re-booked me and partner on a Heathrow flight the same morning.
Type Of TravellerCouple Leisure
Seat TypeEconomy Class
RouteLondon City to Zurich
Date FlownFebruary 2018
Seat Comfort 12345
Cabin Staff Service 12345
Food & Beverages 12345
Ground Service 12345
Value For Money 12345
yes
6/10

"expected more from this airline"

(Netherlands)

Trip Verified | Brussels to Bangkok via Zurich. Mixed bag on this return flight; Pros on Boeing 777-300; Good bed /service food drinks to BKK very good. Lounges at E section are nice in ZRH. Short haul hops good service attentive crew by far, more friendly then on ZRH-BKK. Young purser on ZRH-BRU went out of her way in sharp contrast with her male colleagues on ZRH-BKK vv which paid hardly any attention to their premium pax. Bags first on belt. Miles credited promptly on time arrivals. Cons; Food from BKK-ZRH first meal good. Afterwards mediocre sandwiches and very tiny portion of pasta or another sandwich before landing. More like an economy meal. Very substandard Lounges in ZRH under refurbishment and alternative is a joke. Staff from/to BKK rather cool except 1 lady on return. Swiss has 4 Thai staff members on this flight but there are hardly any Thai pax at all on board. Guess its only about savings. Swiss own staff on board not very friendly very distant. IFE very limited/poor selection/amenity kit substandard. Limited after dinner drinks and only 1 dessert option (cheese is already on tray). All in all I guess I expected more from this airline and will return to Skyteam options again
AircraftBoeing 773 / A320
Type Of TravellerCouple Leisure
Seat TypeBusiness Class
RouteBrussels to Bangkok via Zurich
Date FlownDecember 2017
Seat Comfort 12345
Cabin Staff Service 12345
Food & Beverages 12345
Inflight Entertainment 12345
Ground Service 12345
Value For Money 12345
no
2/10

"not possible to sit there"

(Switzerland)

Trip Verified | Flew Zurich to Hong Kong with Swiss Intl Air Lines. Seat 039H is an affront to the passenger It is one of the seats with 'extra legroom' - free for frequent flyers, costs about 100USD to normal people. But: The corridor is so narrow there, that every flight attendant constantly bumps into your shoulder or arm, all night, all the time. I am not very large nor a body builder. But it is simply not possible to sit there. And today's cabin crews don't feel pity with economy folks anyway. So: Keep away from that seat or from Swiss who puts so many seats it is simply not possible to manage for anyone, including the cabin crew.
AircraftBoeing 777
Type Of TravellerBusiness
Seat TypeEconomy Class
RouteZurich to Hong Kong
Date FlownFebruary 2018
Seat Comfort 12345
Cabin Staff Service 12345
Food & Beverages 12345
Inflight Entertainment 12345
Ground Service 12345
Value For Money 12345
no