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We are the airline of Switzerland – connecting Switzerland and Europe with the world. Based on our strengths in personal care, SWISS hospitality and SWISS quality we make our guests feel as if they were at home. As a part of the Lufthansa group we develop SWISS in a self-governed manner. |
Chairman of the Board | Bruno Gehrig |
Chief Executive Officer | Harry Hohmeister |
Chief Financial Officer | Marcel Klaus |
Chief Operating Officer | Rainer Hiltebrand |
Chief Commercial Officer | Holger Hätty |
Chief Cargo Officer | Oliver Evans |
Chief Technical Officer | Peter Wojahn |
Aircraft type | Number | Average age in years |
---|---|---|
Airbus A319 | 7 | 13.6 years |
Airbus A320 | 21 | 13.3 years |
Airbus A321 | 7 | 12.0 years |
Airbus A330-200 | 2 | 11.8 years |
Airbus A330-300 | 10 | 1.0 years |
Airbus A340-300 | 15 | 9.8 years |
Avro RJ100 | 20 | 12.9 years |
TOTAL | 82 | 11.6 years |
Aircraft type | Number | Partner |
Saab 2000 | 1 | Darwin Airline |
BBJ2 (B737-800) | 1 | Privatair |
Fokker 100 | 2 | Contact Air |
Fokker 100 | 3 | Helvetic |
Total | 7 |
Passengers carried | 3 432 658 |
Flights operated | 36 956 |
Available seat-kilometres (million) | 9 438 |
Revenue passenger-kilometres (million) | 7 206 |
Seat load factor systemwide | 76.4% |
US carriers are continuing to cut capacity as they try to cope with the effects of higher fuel prices.
Both United Continental and American Airlines are trimming planned capacity over the next few months after being hit by rising oil costs.
United Continental said that fuel had cost an extra 34.5% or $725 million for the first quarter of 2011 compared to the same period last year.
While American saw a 24% rise in its fuel costs adding an extra $351 million to its quarterly bill compared to 2010.
Jeff Smisek, United Continental’s chief executive officer, said: “United and Continental are much better positioned to manage through the current high-cost fuel environment as a combined carrier than either would have been as stand-alone carriers.”
United and Continental officially merged in October 2010 and the combined company recorded a net loss of $213 million for the quarter including $77 million of costs from the integration of the two airlines.
The airline is cutting capacity by one percentage point from May with a further four point reduction from September. Despite the cuts, capacity will be roughly the same as last year.
American’s parent company AMR Corporation reduced its net loss for the first three months of 2011 to $436 million compared to a deficit of $505 million on the same period in 2010.
AMR chief executive Gerard Arpey said: “High fuel prices remain one of the biggest challenges to our industry and our company.
“We believe our steps to aggressively increase revenues, reduce capacity, control non-fuel operating costs, and bolster liquidity will help us to better manage the challenges we currently face.”
American is cutting capacity on its domestic routes although it will still increase seat numbers on international routes. It is now expecting an overall capacity rise of 2.8% compared to last year.
Skyrocketing fuel costs and disasters in Japan took a bite out of major U.S. airline earnings reported on Thursday, but higher fares helped the carriers, including United Continental Holdings, meet or beat Wall Street forecasts.
United Continental, parent of United Airlines, posted a quarterly loss and said the decline in demand for travel to Japan following the March 11 earthquake and tsunami lowered its first-quarter passenger revenue by about $30 million.
FLIGHT 447 CRASH SITE FOUND
The French Air Accident Investigations Bureau has stated that wreckage from the Air France A330, lost over the Atlantic in 2009 has been found.
Richard Benedikz - 4-Apr-2011
Investigators now hope that the flight data recorders can be retrieved, solving the mystery of what caused the Airbus A330-200 to crash on a flight from Rio de Janeiro to Paris with the loss of all 228 people on board.
According to Airbus, the cause of the crash cannot be determined unless the flight recorders are found. So far the only information available is a malfunction of the aircraft’s airspeed sensors although it is believed other factors also played a part.
Search vessels, financed by Airbus and Air France located the wreckage of Flight 447 using equipment similar to that used to explore the remains of the Titanic in 1985. A salvage team is heading to the site to assist in lifting the aircraft from a depth of 4,000m.
Retrieving the flight data recorders has become more urgent following the decision last month by a French judge to place both Airbus and Air France under formal investigation for involuntary manslaughter