Swiss to shrink fleet

Swiss has announced a reorganisation based on the assumption that demand for flying will remain 20% lower compared to pre-Corona. As a result, the company announced a reduction of staff, fleet and network.

For us aviation enthusiasts, most notable are of course the changes to the fleet. In total, the airline expects to reduce the fleet in the coming year with fifteen aircraft: ten (older) A320/A321s and five long-haul aircraft (A330 or A340). Swiss will also reduce its wet-leased operations (mostly impacting Helvetic Airways).

As a result of a smaller fleet, the airline will cut frequencies on many routes and several (unknown yet) long-haul destinations will be cut.

Currently, Swiss has a fleet of nine A220-100s, twenty A220-300s, eighteen A320s, three A320neos, five A321-100s, three A321-200s, two A321neos, fourteen A330-300s, five A340-300s and twelve B777-300ERs.

Photo by Swiss.