SWISS’s first new long haul Airbus A330-300 embarked on its first revenue flight, taking off from Zurich punctually at 13:00 on LX 14 to New York last week.
“SWISS today stands on firm foundations in a turbulent business environment,” said company CEO Christoph Franz at the roll-in ceremony. “All our personnel have worked very hard for this moment. And in putting our first more efficient Airbus A330-300 into service, we are further consolidating our market position and underlining our ongoing strategic investments in our corporate future.”
The Airbus A330-300 also marks a further major step in SWISS’s endeavours on the environmental front. The new long-hauler consumes around 13% less fuel per passenger than the A330-200 it replaces, largely through its more advanced and fuel-efficient engines but also because of a number of innovations on board.
The latter include the new air cushions, which make the Business Class seat some four kilos lighter than they would be with conventional foam padding. The new seat technology alone will save over 650 tonnes of kerosene a year fleetwide, and this in turn will reduce annual CO2 emissions by more than 2 000 tonnes. Lighter materials have also been used for the inflight trolleys. Not only does this save a further 240 kilos per aircraft, and thus 380 tonnes of kerosene and 1 200 tonnes of CO2; the lighter trolleys are easier to handle and manoeuvre, too.
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