Swiss a NY senza economy

[marcogiov]

Swiss to launch all-business class US service
By Kevin Done, Aerospace Correspondent - Financial Times
Published: June 29 2004 18:16

Swiss International Air Lines is to become the second European carrier after Lufthansa to launch an all-business class service to the US.

It is expected to announce on Wednesday that it will start a service between Zurich and New York's Newark airport using a 56-seat Boeing Business Jet.

The move follows the success of the experiment launched by Lufthansa in 2002 with its all-business class service on the route between Düsseldorf and Newark. It has since added similar services on routes between Düsseldorf and Chicago and Munich and Newark.

Swiss is also following the Lufthansa model by using PrivatAir, the Geneva-based business aviation company which is part of the Latsis group, to operate the services.

PrivatAir will supply the aircraft under so-called wet leases, which include pilots and cabin crew, maintenance and insurance, and the aircraft will fly under the PrivatAir livery but with a Swiss flight code.

Several other airlines including Air France have had talks with PrivatAir about launching similar services, but no schemes are as advanced as the project with Swiss, which will launch the Zurich/Newark route in January next year.

PrivatAir currently operates both the Boeing Business Jet, a version of the 737, and the Airbus A319LR corporate jet on its Lufthansa routes, both with 48 seats compared with around 150 seats used in a normal commercial airline economy and business class configuration on the same single aisle aircraft.

PrivatAir is adding the scheduled long-haul business-class services to its main operations, which include the management of a fleet of more than 50 corporate jets with charter services for private individuals, corporations and governments, as well as the management of several business aviation bases in Europe and the US.

[landingFCO]

avevo letto che oltre al ZRH/NYC ci sarebbe state altre rotte negli USA verso Chicago , e se non sbaglio anche Washington e Miami ; però non sapevo che volavano con il marchio Swiss!
cmq è una buona notizia

[Mati777]

In Origine postato da marcogiov
Swiss to launch all-business class US service
[SIZE=1]... New York's Newark airport using a 56-seat Boeing Business Jet...
....PrivatAir currently operates both the Boeing Business Jet, a version of the 737, and the Airbus A319LR corporate jet on its Lufthansa routes, both with 48 seats compared with around 150 seats used in a normal commercial airline economy and business class configuration on the same single aisle aircraft. ....

C'e qualcosa che non va mi pare...

[marcogiov]

Le rotte sono Lufthansa e ora Swiss, ma vengono operate con aerei equipaggio eccetera di PrivatAir.

Non è bizzarro. Tempo fa Alitalia faceva Malpensa-Singapore-Sydney con un 744 KLM. AirOne attualmente fa fare voli a chiunque.

Gli aerei PrivatAir hanno 48 sedili solo business al posto dei circa 130-150 degli stessi aerei nelle più comuni versioni medio raggio.

Guarda website PrivatAir

[Chris76]

Non sapevo dell'intenzione di LX di lanciare questi voli in collaborazione con Privatair. Voi pensate che funzioneranno?

Grazie per la notizia Marco.

Ciao,
Chris

[landingFCO]

da guidaviaggi

"Swiss, da Zurigo a New York in Business Jet"
A partire dal prossimo 15 gennaio Swiss International Air Lines opererà un collegamento tra Zurigo e lo scalo newyorkese di Newark in Boeing Business Jet.
Il volo sarà operato sei volte a settimana da PrivatAir, specializzata in voli d'affari, con un aereo da 56 posti.
Il collegamento Zurigo-JKF non subirà alcuna modifica e continuerà ad essere assicurato da Airbus A330.


ma come mai EWR?.....anche Eurofly farà la stessa scelta secondo voi?

[marcogiov]

In Origine postato da landingFCO
ma come mai EWR

Anche SQ manda il volo diretto da Singapore a Newark, che non è per niente da considerare aeroporto di serie B. Da Manhattan a EWR o JFK ci vuole lo stesso tempo e non credo che quel tipo di volo interessi molto chi sta nel Queens.