Swiss makes the Ten full
Swiss modernised its long-haul fleet with the Boeing 777. Now, the airline took the last copy - also if you would like to have had more.
One was for the Swiss, as they made the replacement of the ageing Airbus A340-300. It is a larger plane. Only in this way, the Lufthansa subsidiary was able to can with the competition, which operated on many routes with larger machines and so the average cost was.
However, many options you had when choosing a new aircraft route. "The Airbus A350-1000 and the Boeing 777-9 were too late for us," explains technical Director Peter Wojahn. Therefore Swiss to Bridge the A340 had looked at-600. "But we could have the cost per seat is not pressing," said Wojahn. The choice fell therefore on the Boeing 777-300 ER.
More ordered
In 2013, the Swiss were known, six copies of the long-range order classic, and later increased the order to three additional 777-300 HE came on and at the end again. Now, the tenth and last aircraft was delivered. The HB-JNJ was from the flight line on Tuesday (13. March) in Seattle officially adopted. She arrives the next day in Zurich.
The leaders of the Swiss were, that they had actually ordered more 777. But Central gave the green light to the Lufthansa. Therefore, the Swiss airline retains their remaining five A340s. You will get in the coming months, a new interior.
You can see in the above image gallery images of HB-JNJ at the Handover in Seattle.