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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1/10

"Ridiculous experience"

(United Kingdom)

Trip Verified | On the Saturday of the UK half term week Swiss Air in its infinite wisdom decided to overbook our flight from Geneva to London Heathrow. Then, again in its infinite wisdom, thought it best to kick a family of four (mine) with two kids under four off the flight. They refused to let us wait for the next flight (5 hours later) in the lounge. So we waited 5 hours in GVA while the kids ran out of steam and drained all their parents' energy. Then they wouldn't let me take our fold up buggy, which fits in the overhead and they allowed on the flight to GVA, on the plane because they apparently changed policy mid week. Ridiculous experience. Kicking a young family off a plane because you over booked it is irresponsible. We flew at 8.50pm, well after their bedtime. They were terrors and they are usually great (because we plan ahead and book flights around their sleep schedules). Truly a worst in class airline.
Type Of TravellerFamily Leisure
Seat TypeEconomy Class
RouteGeneva to London Heathrow
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
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9/10

"Fantastic service onboard"

(Austria)

Trip Verified | San Francisco to Zurich in First. Fantastic service onboard - extremely comfortable and private seat/suite. Attentive and warm crew, good entertainment choices and excellent food and drink offering. Big drawback at the moment are the ground services in SFO. Check in and security were smooth ( used the escort to skip the queues) but the lounge situation is short of First Class service. Hard to find a seat in the Global First lounge... No real priority boarding for First, just the usual Business/Star Gold and their family and pets boarding scrum. Hope the lounge situation will improve when the new United Polaris lounge finally opens. Landing on time and excellent First lounge in ZRH.
AircraftBoeing 777
Type Of TravellerSolo Leisure
Seat TypeFirst Class
RouteSan Francisco to Zurich
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
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9/10

"Would fly again with SWISS"

(Brazil)

Trip Verified | Sao Paulo to Zürich First Class. Arrived at airport when the check in opens, 15:45 h. It was fast and efficient. Someone escorted me to security and the Star Alliance Lounge. Boarding to first class is by a separate entrance through the front door. First class in those A340-300 is 8 seats, in a configuration 1x2x1. This plane is old and have not been updated. Screen monitors are small. Food was good, well prepared and served. No caviar. Salad and palm soup as appetizer. Grilled Chicken fillet with vegetables as a main course. Two different desserts: jaboticaba ice cream with lemon yoghurt and fresh a strawberries with dar chocolate sauce The sear is full flat, they provide a mattress,and a pillow. The bed is comfortable, nothing to mentioned. Cabin staff in 1st class apologized many times for the seat not being according to Swiss patterns, and explaining that would be one of the latest flights of this aircraft in that route. Cabin crew attentive,not intrusive. Arrived at Zürich 15 minutes before the scheduled time. Would fly again with SWISS, but only with the new Boeing 777-300.
AircraftA340-300
Type Of TravellerSolo Leisure
Seat TypeFirst Class
RouteSao Paulo to Zürich
Date FlownFebruary 2018
Seat Comfort 12345
Cabin Staff Service 12345
Food & Beverages 12345
Inflight Entertainment 12345
Ground Service 12345
Value For Money 12345
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9/10

"clean and up to date"

(Switzerland)

Trip Verified | Zurich to Athens. The flight was on time and the Crew was very nice and professional. The seat was very comfortable but high density seating meant little leg room. It was OK for me. The cabin felt modern, clean and up to date. Food was tasty, complementary and plentiful. IFE was nonexistent but the Pilots kept us update from the flight deck. I like the Screens where they show the route.
AircraftA321
Type Of TravellerSolo Leisure
Seat TypeEconomy Class
RouteZurich to Athens
Date FlownJanuary 2018
Seat Comfort 12345
Cabin Staff Service 12345
Food & Beverages 12345
Inflight Entertainment 12345
Ground Service 12345
Wifi & Connectivity 12345
Value For Money 12345
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1/10

"I got bumped and now sit in 44J"

(Switzerland)

Trip Verified | São Paulo to Zurich. My advice is not to trust Swiss if you are a business class passenger. On the way back from Brazil with a confirmed business class seat 12A I got bumped and now sit in 44J with a very smelly toilet just behind me. The ticket cost Euro 6000 - their reimbursement Euro 1500. If you like me do not believe Swiss should be allowed this stay away if you can.
Type Of TravellerBusiness
Seat TypeEconomy Class
RouteSão Paulo to Zurich
Date FlownFebruary 2018
Seat Comfort 12345
Ground Service 12345
Value For Money 12345
no
10/10

"Very enjoyable flight"

(Hungary)

Trip Verified | Vienna to Zurich. Swiss punctuality, nice cabin crew, clean airplane. Very enjoyable flight, seat comfort was also okay. Meal was surprisingly good and different from the one in the next flight a few hours later (also by Swiss).
Type Of TravellerCouple Leisure
Seat TypeEconomy Class
RouteVienna to Zurich
Date FlownDecember 2017
Seat Comfort 12345
Cabin Staff Service 12345
Food & Beverages 12345
Ground Service 12345
Value For Money 12345
yes
10/10

"staff are always smiling and helpful"

(Greece)

Trip Verified | What a lovely short haul experience by Swiss flying from Athens to London Heathrow via Zurich. They give you a very nicely made sandwich, as many chocolates as you want, the seats have more pitch than other European airlines and the staff are always smiling and helpful. It is my favourite European Short Haul Airline.
AircraftA320, A321, C300
Type Of TravellerSolo Leisure
Seat TypeEconomy Class
RouteAthens to London Heathrow via Zurich
Date FlownJanuary 2018
Seat Comfort 12345
Cabin Staff Service 12345
Food & Beverages 12345
Ground Service 12345
Value For Money 12345
yes
10/10

"Excellent customer care"

(United Kingdom)

Trip Verified | I flew with Swiss Air because of the good pet policy, and had no option but to fly via Zurich from London Heathrow to Los Angeles. The flight, staff, crew, food, aircraft were all better than I could have expected. Everything was great. Far better than my usual (direct) flights with BA and Virgin. Excellent customer care, and inflight crew are trained to the traditional, high standard. British Airways could learn a lot from Swiss, as BA declines in these important areas. I’ll consider Swiss for future flights even if I have to go the longer route via Switzerland.
AircraftBoeing 777
Type Of TravellerSolo Leisure
Seat TypeEconomy Class
RouteLondon to Los Angeles via Zurich
Date FlownJanuary 2018
Seat Comfort 12345
Cabin Staff Service 12345
Food & Beverages 12345
Inflight Entertainment 12345
Ground Service 12345
Value For Money 12345
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6/10

"£comfort and professional service"

(United States)

Trip Verified | Warsaw to New York via Zurich. I like traveling with Swiss for the comfort and professional service. Or at least I liked it until I had my first experience with the way it is handling a missed transfer. Due to a delay a Swiss flight had on the first leg I couldn’t make it in time to the plane going to New York. I was assigned a hotel room as the next flight was departing the next day and a dinner voucher. As much as I did not mind staying at a quite dated Zurich Airport Movenpick Hotel, the dinner voucher issued to me made me feel neglected as a customer to say the least. For a dinner in Zurich I got an allowance of 20 franks. I believe that Swiss Airlines should provide a less disrespectful allowance which Helios be in line with their “premium” brand image. Aside from that I can’t complain about anything.
Type Of TravellerSolo Leisure
Seat TypeEconomy Class
RouteWarsaw to New York via Zurich
Date FlownJanuary 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
2/10

"seat was extremely uncomfortable"

(Switzerland)

Trip Verified | New York JFK to Zurich in Business Class. First of all, the Swiss Business Lounge at JFK is a joke. It is very narrow and far too small for so many passengers. Plus it serves as Business Class lounge for other airlines as well. The food and drinks offering is extremely limited in this latter lounge. Last but not least, it is obvious that no investments have been made there for at least the last 10 years. Cabin crew on the flight to Zurich was extremely friendly and helpful however not very competent. Food was just ok but very limited (e.g. no snacks anymore etc.). The business class seats in the A330 are very dated. My seat was extremely uncomfortable as the air seat cushion did not properly work anymore. It felt as if I was sleeping on the floor. Last but not least, cabin temperature was far too high. Whenever I am flying Swiss, they heat up the cabin as no other airline does it. Not sure there is any guidance for the cabin crews in that respect but it is extremely uncomfortable for the passengers if one is trying to sleep. The passenger next to me was also uncomfortable with the very high temperature as well. Overall, Swiss needs to work very hard to become a premium airline again.
AircraftA330-300
Type Of TravellerBusiness
Seat TypeBusiness Class
RouteNew York JFK to Zurich
Date FlownJanuary 2018
Seat Comfort 12345
Cabin Staff Service 12345
Food & Beverages 12345
Inflight Entertainment 12345
Ground Service 12345
Wifi & Connectivity 12345
Value For Money 12345
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