Swiss International Air Lines (SWISS)¹ transported a total of 14,293,356 passengers in the first nine months of this year, a 4.4% increase on the same period in 2018. The passengers were carried on 114,968 flights, 5.4% more than were operated in the prior-year period.

Total passenger capacity for January to September was up 1.9% on the prior-year period in available seat-kilometre (ASK) terms. Total traffic volume, measured in revenue passenger-kilometres (RPK), rose 2.2%. Systemwide seat load factor for the period improved accordingly to 84.2%, an increase of 0.2 percentage points.

In the month of September SWISS carried 1,724,647 passengers, a 6.4% improvement on the same month last year. The 13,404 flights operated were a 6.2% increase on the prior-year period. Total ASK capacity was raised 2.4%, while total RPK traffic volume was up 2.1%. Systemwide September seat load factor declined accordingly to 86.2%, a reduction of 0.3 percentage points.

In other news, Swiss is gradually putting its Airbus A220 fleet back into service after grounding them on Tuesday after a “serious” engine issue on HB-JCM that forced a London-Geneva flight to make an emergency landing in Paris.

The short-term grounding allowed the carrier to perform safety inspections on the A220 Pratt & Whitney engines. Full A220 operations are expected tomorrow.

The airline issued this update today:

Situation

The ongoing technical inspections of several aircraft will restrict our flight operations. As a result many flights will be cancelled.

Date	Flight no	Flight	Status
Oct 16	LX 348 / 349	Geneva-London-Geneva	cancelled
Oct 16	LX 352 / 353	Geneva-London-Geneva	cancelled
Oct 16	LX 782 / 783	Zurich-Brussels-Zurich	cancelled
Oct 16	LX 819	Hannover-Zurich	cancelled
Oct 16	LX 978 / 979	Zurich-Berlin-Zurich	cancelled
Oct 16	LX 1029	Dusseldorf-Zurich	cancelled
Oct 16	LX 1050 / 1051	Zurich-Hamburg-Zurich	cancelled
Oct 16	LX 1080	Genf-Frankfurt	cancelled
Oct 16	LX 1100 / 1101	Zurich-Munich-Zurich	cancelled
Oct 16	LX 1120	Geneva-Munich	cancelled
Oct 16	LX 1129	Munich-Geneva	cancelled
Oct 16	LX 1179	Stuttgart-Zurich	cancelled
Oct 16	LX 1188 / 1189	Zurich-Nuremberg-Zurich	cancelled
Oct 16	LX 1222 / 1223	Zurich-Gothenburg-Zurich	cancelled
Oct 16	LX 1430 / 1431	Geneva-Pristina-Geneva	cancelled
Oct 16	LX 1576 / 1577	Zurich-Vienna-Zurich	cancelled
Oct 16	LX 1612 / 1613	Zurich-Milano-Zurich	cancelled
Oct 16	LX 2031	Madrid-Zurich	cancelled
Oct 16	LX 2801	Geneva-Zurich	cancelled

Current timetable

Please check our latest flight information in our online timetable. All canceled flights will be marked as “cancelled”.

If your flight is cancelled, refer to the information given under rebooking or refund and do not proceed to the airport.

Online timetable

Rebooking

If you have booked any of the affected flights through swiss.com or a Service Centre. You can rebook your flight once at no extra charge. To do so, please call our Service Centre.

In the event of a cancellation, SWISS will rebook you free of charge and usually automatically to another flight and inform you via your mobile phone number. If you do not receive a message from SWISS, please check the current status of your booking. Here you can also adjust the rebooking if required.

If you booked through an (online) travel agency, please contact the travel agency.

Refund

If you have booked any of the affected flights through swiss.com or a Service Center and you wish to cancel your flight ticket, you can do so and receive a refund. To do so, please complete the refund form.

Refund form

If you booked through an (online) travel agency, please contact the travel agency.

Top Copyright Photo: Swiss International Air Lines Airbus A220-300 (Bombardier CS300 – BD-500-1A11) HB-JCO (msn 55033) ZRH (Rolf Wallner). Image: 944017.

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