New as of May 2013: Singapore
As of 12 May 2013 you can fly with SWISS via Zurich to Singapore. An Airbus A340-300 with capacity of 219 passengers will offer you daily connections to one of Asia’s most important business centres. In addition, Singapore is a popular leisure travel destination in its own right and also serves as the gateway for key destinations in Southeast Asia, Australia and New Zealand.




SWISS is simplifying its sports equipment carriage rates from 1 June 2012 
SWISS is simplifying both the provisions and the rates applicable to customers travelling with sports equipment.
In the past, SWISS’s sports equipment carriage rates have been calculated independently of the traveller’s free baggage allowance. The rates concerned have been based on three different categories of equipment, with each traveller’s sports baggage assigned to the applicable category at check-in on the basis of its weight and length.
From 1 June onwards, any sports equipment which a customer is travelling with will be included in their free baggage allowance calculation. If the total of their sports equipment and the rest of their baggage exceeds the applicable free baggage allowance (in weight or number-of-pieces terms), the surplus will be subject to the usual excess baggage charges. In a further innovation, a specific selection of frequently-transported sports equipment items – such as bicycles, surfboards and diving equipment – will in future be subject to attractive new flat carriage rates. These changes will simplify the carriage of sports equipment and make the corresponding rates more transparent for the customers concerned. SWISS travellers may continue to take their skiing equipment with them in addition to their regular baggage at no extra cost. And members of the SWISS Golf Traveller programme will still be able to check-in their golfing equipment free of charge. 

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New: London City to Basel 
SWISS is pleased to announce the launch of a new twice daily non-stop service from london City to Basel starting 21st may 2012. The new route focuses on the right schedule to give both business and leisure travellers a convenient  way to travel between the hus of London and Basel.

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Schedule London City - Basel

Schedule Basel  - London City

 

SWISS Traditions
SWISS will be introducing “SWISS Traditions”, a new culinary concept for our Business Class passengers on European services. Our guests in Business Class will be offered classic and popular Swiss dishes, prepared from original recipes using quality regional ingredients, supplemented by further delights associated with particular Swiss traditions and cultural events.

We will celebrate a traditional Swiss event with a special meal six times each year. You will enjoy specialties associated with the current event. The cycle will begin with February’s focus on Basel’s loud and colourful “Fasnacht” carnival, for which inflight guests will be offered such local specialities as Basler Mehlsuppe (flour soup), Käsekuchen (cheese tart) and Basler Läckerli mousse.

 

New SWISS app for iPhone, iPod touch and BlackBerry
The new SWISS apps let you travel with even more flexibility. Book your flight to your next SWISS destination on the spur of the moment or while travelling, choose your preferred seat when checking in, retrieve your mobile boarding pass and much more.
Our mobile travel aids for BlackBerry, iPhone or Windows Phone 7 are now available for download. 

SWISS Taste of Switzerland
During the autumn months from September to November 2012, our culinary concept “SWISS Taste of Switzerland” takes guests in SWISS First and SWISS Business to the canton of Solothurn. The culinary creativity of Reto Lampart, chef de cuisine at the fantastic Lampart‘s restaurant in Hägendorf in central Solothurn, is sure to delight your taste buds. His classically French-influenced cuisine with Mediterranean characteristics has earned no fewer than 17 GaultMillau points and 2 Michelin stars.

* "SWISS Taste of Switzerland" is a culinary concept introduced by SWISS in 2002 and winner of the Mercury Award.