SWISS’s first Airbus A350 made its first longhaul revenue flight on 20 November.
HB-IFA flew from Zurich to Boston and was the first flight with the completely new cabin and enhanced inflight service of the new ‘SWISS Senses’ long-haul air travel concept in all classes.
SWISS Senses offers a blend of design, comfort and Swiss hospitality in all classes of travel, from a welcome drink with Sbrinz cheese to refined meal choices, the Alpine Essence signature cocktail, new Business Class bedlinen, top-quality care items and state-of-the-art inflight entertainment.
And with the new Zurich-Boston Airbus A350 operation, passengers can experience for the first time both the new SWISS Senses cabin and the accompanying enhanced long-haul inflight service.
Montreal will be the SWISS A350’s second long-haul destination.
Cabin layout and features
The SWISS A390s seat up to 242 passengers across four classes
- 3 First suites in a single row
- 45 Business, in a more or less 1-2-1 layout
- 38 Premium Economy, across 8 rows in a 2-2-2 layout
- 156 Economy, across 16 rows in a 3-3-3 layout
First
The new First Class cabin has three suites providing maximum privacy and comfort. Each suite has its own door and wardrobe, along with a spacious table.
Business
The Business Class cabin has 45 seats, all with direct aisle access and reclinable into a lie-flat bed up to 2.2 meters long.
Business Class passengers can choose from five different seat categories that include compact suites offering additional inflight privacy, all available in either single- or double-seat versions.
Premium Economy
The new Premium Economy Class offers 38 seats – more than on any SWISS aircraft to date. The seats are 48 centimetres wide, with a seat pitch of approximately one metre.
Economy
The new Economy Class cabin with 156 seats also offers passengers greater at-seat space, with a 13.3-inch HD screen, a Bluetooth connection for using their own headphones and USB-A and USB-C ports.
Long-haul fleetwide installation planned
Nine further Airbus A350s will join the SWISS aircraft fleet between now and 2031, all of which will also be delivered with the new SWISS Senses cabin installed.
SWISS will also be gradually retrofitting the new SWISS Senses cabin into its Airbus A330 fleet from the first half of 2026 onwards, and into its Boeing 777 fleet thereafter.
All SWISS long-haul aircraft should be equipped with the new SWISS Senses interior by 2030.
