It’s interesting to note that, while the airline is planning on this phase-out, it hasn’t yet selected a direct replacement for the type. According to Executive Traveller, Swiss is set to phase out its fleet of Airbus A340s sometime in 2024 or 2025 at the latest. Up until late last year a timeframe had yet to be revealed. There has been some expectation that the carrier will retire this portion of its fleet. The airline also deploys the type to Dubai every now and then. Unsurprisingly tasked with operating high-capacity long-haul services, you’ll find the A340s flying from Zurich to cities such as Johannesburg, New York, Chicago, and Hong Kong. However, SWISS is still holding on to its A340s.Īs we already noted, SWISS currently has five A340-300s, all of which are active at the time of publishing this article. The global health crisis has been a major part of this, with airlines like SAS, Iberia, and Virgin Atlantic retiring the quadjet during the pandemic.
It offers maximum reliability, a very high level of comfort in the cabin, and has space for over 320 seats. The Airbus A340 is becoming increasingly rare as a commercial passenger aircraft. The Boeing 777-300ER has state-of-the-art technology.
The flight took off from Swiss’ main hub at Zrich Airport at 10.30 pm local time and arrived 12 hours later on-time at Singapore Changi. Where are the A340s now? And where are they going? I recently flew Business Class in a Boeing 777-300ER aircraft of Switzerland’s flagship carrier, Swiss International Air Lines, more commonly known under its short name Swiss (often stylized as SWISS).
