March 6 2023  |  Seating

SWISS unveils new "SWISS Senses"

By Alex Preston


First Class Suites are part of the new long-haul fleet product for SWISS

SWISS has unveiled its new personalized long-haul aircraft fleet product "SWISS Senses."

SWISS First, SWISS Business and SWISS Economy are being totally redesigned, while the popular SWISS Premium Economy which was introduced in 2022 will also be retained. The new cabin interiors will be installed from 2025 onwards, initially on the SWISS Airbus A330-300 fleet and later on the company’s Boeing 777-300ERs. The new Airbus A350-900s on order will be delivered with their new cabins already installed.

“This is the most comprehensive cabin renewal in the history of our company,” said SWISS Chief Executive Officer Dieter Vranckx in a March 3 airline statement. “As a premium airline, we want to pay due and full regard to our customers’ desire for more individuality. And with this extremely high-quality product, we can continue to meet all our high aspirations.”

The new SWISS First suites offer their guests total privacy with closable sliding doors, a spacious personal wardrobe, a large seat table, seat heating and cooling, a wireless charging station and a screen display that is as wide as the suite itself. The cabin’s centre suite can also be configured to suit two persons travelling together. The suites’ warm colours and wood features convey a strong sense of comfort and calm within top-quality surrounds. An advanced and spacious new washroom has also been developed for the new SWISS First cabin. The facility draws its inspiration from the famous spring in Vals in Canton Graubünden: a slate-black exterior, and a green interior that alludes to the spring’s fresh and cooling water.

The totally redesigned SWISS Business cabin is intentionally conceived to meet a wide range of wishes and needs. In addition to ‘classic’ Business Class seats, the new cabin offers various further seating options such as double seats for passengers travelling together. Selected seats can also be closed off with a sliding door. All the new SWISS Business seats feature seat heating and cooling and a wireless charging station. The cabin’s top-quality materials in claret and anthracite help convey an extremely cozy and intimate ambience.

The highly popular SWISS Premium Economy Class with its greater seat comfort and superior cabin service will remain an integral feature within the new air travel experience. SWISS was the first airline in the Lufthansa Group to introduce the new Premium Economy seat which, with its 48-centimetre width and its almost one-metre pitch, has set new industry benchmarks.

The new SWISS Economy cabin will be equipped with new comfortable and functional seats. Thanks to their optimum construction the seat pitch has been increased. Every seat will also feature a more than 13-inch high-resolution screen, and the extensive new inflight entertainment system will help the time aloft fly by. The new seats are further provided with an amenity storage facility and a USB port and offer additional comfort in the first seat rows.

All seating classes will also feature new Human-Centric Lighting which helps alleviate jet lag’s effects.

“With ‘SWISS Senses’ we’re making our customers’ air travel an even more personal and more sensual experience,” added SWISS Chief Commercial Officer Tamur Goudarzi Pour in the same media release. “With its deep devotion to detail, our new long-haul cabin will give our passengers a particular feeling of warmth and well-being — a cozy and comfortable yet also functional environment in all our travel classes.”

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