SWISS has opened a new 700-sq-m arrivals lounge offering arriving passengers a wide range of services including facilities for working, relaxation and freshening up.
Located in the public area of Arrivals 2 at Zurich Airport, the lounge is readily accessible within a few minutes of landing and particularly appealing for passengers coming off long-haul flights.
The lounge is impressively spacious, with refreshment facilities including 20 showers, from where it is possible to order an ironing service at the press of a button. Three hotel-style bedrooms, one with a private bathroom, round out the features of this attractive facility. Lounge users with a thirst to quench or hunger to satisfy will find the bistro area offers an extensive buffet with a wide selection of cold and warm breakfast dishes along with fresh juices and a choice of coffees.
The adjacent lounge area is furnished with comfortable Vitra seats and enhanced by a comprehensive selection of newspapers and magazines. Guests wishing to get some work done will be able to take advantage of the 10 work stations and free W-LAN.
Swiss International Air Lines is making some changes to its European services from Zurich, Geneva and Basel in its 2012 summer schedules, in response to shifts in demand.
The airline’s intercontinental network will see service increased to Beijing and Chicago. Frequencies will also be raised on the Zurich-Newark route, which will now be operated using Swissís own Airbus A340 equipment. Travellers from Dubai now find more choices and flexibility with Swiss International Air Lines in services to Europe, East Asia and the United States this summer.
Swiss will serve a total of 70 destinations (47 European and 23 intercontinental) in 38 countries in its 2012 summer schedules. The services will be provided by a 90-aircraft fleet: 84 of Swissís own and a further six operating under wet-lease agreements. The summer schedules are valid until October 27, and may be viewed in full on the swiss.com website. Swiss operates non-stop daily between Dubai and Zurich.
On its European network from its Zurich hub, Swiss is increasing its services to Prague from three to four a day, while Bucharest receives a second daily flight. Genoa has also joined the Swiss Zurich network, served twice daily since March 8. Elsewhere, Swiss is reducing its capacity slightly to certain regions such as the UK, Benelux and Germany, and cancelling a small number of flights in the summer months.
On its Zurich-based intercontinental network, Swiss is raising its frequencies to Chicago to eleven flights a week. Service to Newark is also being expanded from six times weekly to daily; and the flights will now be operated using Swissís own Airbus A340 equipment seating 219 passengers from the start of the summer schedules.
Frequencies to the recently-added destination of Beijing will also be increased to a daily service from the end of May. Services on the Zurich-Cairo route will be reduced to four times weekly for the summer months. Service to Cameroon will be withdrawn with the cutover to the summer schedules, for economic reasons.
Swiss will also be making individual adjustments to its European services from Geneva in its summer schedules.
“With the release of the new summer schedule, passengers from Dubai can now plan their trips more effectively, whether direct to the destinations they prefer via Zurich or combination of trips via Zurich to other parts of Europe and even onwards to the US. Accompanying them on their journey is the trademark quality of Swiss both on ground and onboard,” said Martin Massueger, director, head of sales Middle East, Africa, Pakistan & Iran for Swiss.