Source: Swiss

  • SWISS intercontinental network will put a particular emphasis on North American destinations.
  • Zurich-Buenos Aires service via São Paulo consisting of two weekly flights will be continued in the 2022 summer schedules.
  • SWISS expects to restore its services to around 80 per cent of their 2019 capacities by the 2022 third-quarter period.

Swiss International Air Lines (SWISS) plans to further expand its range of scheduled services for the 2022 summer season. The airline will serve a total of 119 destinations from Zurich and Geneva next summer, 93 within Europe and 26 in its intercontinental network. SWISS travellers from Zurich will have a choice of 92 destinations, while customers in the Geneva region can choose from 46. Within Europe the focus will be on leisure and visiting-friends-and-relatives destinations and on the continent’s main centres, while the SWISS intercontinental network will put a particular emphasis on North American destinations. SWISS plans to restore its services to around 80 per cent of their 2019 capacities by the 2022 third-quarter period. Of the 91 aircraft in the SWISS fleet, up to 59 short-haul aircraft (wet leases included) should be deployed in the 2022 summer schedules, along with up to 26 long-haul aircraft on intercontinental routes.

“While the pandemic situation is still tense, we remain confident that we will be able to further substantially expand our range of services for next summer under improved overall parameters,” says SWISS Chief Commercial Officer Tamur Goudarzi Pour. “Our aim is to offer our customers a comprehensive and varied choice of SWISS flights. At the same time, the stability and the reliability of our schedules will remain one of our paramount priorities.”

Expanding long-haul frequencies to and from North America 

On the long-haul front, SWISS will be putting a clear focus on expanding its frequencies to and from North America in its 2022 summer schedules. New York (JFK), Boston and Chicago will each receive twice-daily services, compared to the once-daily frequencies of summer 2021. SWISS will also be restoring the services to Delhi and Mumbai in India which were suspended in view of pandemic developments. The new twice-weekly service to Beirut which was introduced in winter 2021/22 will also be continued in the 2022 summer schedules, as will the present Zurich-Buenos Aires service via São Paulo consisting of two weekly flights.

Geneva-New York services expanded

SWISS will be expanding its services from Geneva, too, in next summer’s schedules. In addition to long-haul service to New York, travellers from Geneva will be offered a choice of 45 European destinations. These will include a new non-stop SWISS service between Geneva and the Belgian capital of Brussels to supplement the existing service on the route by sister Lufthansa Group carrier Brussels Airlines. SWISS will also be raising its Geneva-New York frequencies to up to seven weekly flights. London Heathrow, Athens, Lisbon, Porto and Frankfurt will be among the European destinations served most frequently from Geneva in the 2022 summer schedules.

Two-step publication

The 2022 summer timetable period will run from 27 March to 30 October. For greater plannability, SWISS’s 2022 summer schedules will be published in two steps. The schedules up to and including 31 May 2022 have already been published, while the definitive schedules for 1 June to the end of October 2022 will be published on 12 January. Flights for the new SWISS destinations are already bookable, however, for the whole summer timetable period. Any customers whose flight is cancelled may rebook free of charge or have their ticket fully refunded.

The SWISS 2022 summer schedules are available at www.swiss.com.