Swiss to launch new First & Business Class in 2025
Swiss International intends to launch a new first and business class product in 2025. Since Swiss is part of Lufthansa Group, the airline will be adopting Lufthansa’s new premium products, all new Allegris first class and business class.
Their debut will be timed for the arrival of new twin-jets from either Airbus or Boeing, which will replace the handful of ageing A340 jets and become the Zurich-based airline’s long-range flagships.
You can expect that Lufthansa’s new first class suite will also make its way to Swiss. The seats to have the same “bones,” though the finishes will reflect Swiss’ branding. We have reason to believe that this will be a pretty epic product, hopefully mostly as good as Emirates’ new first class.
Meanwhile Lufthansa’s new business class will also be introduced on Swiss. Each seat will feature direct aisle access, and you can expect some “business class plus” seats in the first row, to take advantage of space that would otherwise be wasted. Once again, the finishes will be a bit different than on Lufthansa, reflecting Swiss’ branding.
Swiss already has very nice first class suites, plus staggered seats in business class on its long haul fleet of:
- 12 Boeing 777-300ERs
- 14 Airbus A330-300s
- 5 Airbus A340-300s
Swiss has no plans to retire its 777s or A330s, though the current plan is to retire A340s as of 2025. Even though Lufthansa is introducing its new premium products in 2023, this explains why Swiss is only introducing these new cabins in 2025, it’s because that’s when the airline is next taking delivery of new long haul jets.
What also remains to be seen is which long haul jets Swiss will take delivery of. Lufthansa Group has Airbus A350-900s, Boeing 787-9s, and Boeing 777-9s on order. While we know that the 777-9s are only headed to Lufthansa, the other types of jets could be headed to a combination of Austrian, Lufthansa, and Swiss.