Review of SWISS flight from Zurich to Istanbul in First

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LX - SWISS

Flight taken on 01 October 2010
LX1800
09:30 02h 50m 13:20
Class First
Seat 1A
Benoit75008
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Hi! This is my first Flight Report and i hope it'll be ok.
I'm FTL member with LH and Silver as well with AF.
I decided to report some flights i did earlier at first.
So i took a SWISS Airbus A330-200 to Istanbul. This plane was sold in 2011 to Brussels Airlines, as Swiss was only operating A330-300 then.
I was flying in business class and finally i was upgraded to first seat…but with business service on this short flight (which is normal).
I found it quite old according to some other european airlines.


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The pitch is really good although i don't find it attractive.


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I decided to check IFE even if it was not set for medium-haul flight.


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Food was ok even if i expected better food as i even got on short-haul flight as ZRH-WAW with LX.


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Nice coffee when we were flying over Belgrad ;)


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Product ratings

Airline

SWISS 7.6

  • Cabin7.5 / 10
  • Cabin crew8.5 / 10
  • Entertainment/wifi7.0 / 10
  • Meal/catering7.5 / 10
Lounge

SWISS Business Lounge A8.5

  • Comfort8.5 / 10
  • Meal/catering8.5 / 10
  • Entertainment/wifi8.5 / 10
  • Services8.5 / 10
Departure airport

Zurich - ZRH8.0

  • Efficiency8.5 / 10
  • Access8.0 / 10
  • Services7.5 / 10
  • Cleanliness8.0 / 10
Arrival Airport

Istanbul - ISL7.2

  • Efficiency5.0 / 10
  • Access8.0 / 10
  • Services8.0 / 10
  • Cleanliness8.0 / 10

Conclusion

Swiss is definitly such a good european airline. Flight attendants are welcoming and ready to make your flight being smoothy as possible (better than LH for sure).

I fly often with Star Alliance members and i definitly highly recommand you to fly with Swiss.

See you next time, and i'll make better photos for sure!

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Comments (5)

  • Thanks for sharing and welcome.

    You sure flew in style and got lucky with a widebody.

  • Thanks for sharing this first report with us! Interesting to see the evolution of the product. This First class cabin was starting to be outdated in 2010, but still very nice. I believe all First cabins on LX have been updated to the new standard since then. Very cool to be able to fly on an internationally configured aircraft on such a short flight!

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    KevinDC / Community Manager & Mod

  • Thanks Kevin,

    You're right, Swiss began to change it in 2011 in A343 then in new A330-300.

    I'll post more of reports now, glad to see many people love travelling like us!

    Benoit - Warsaw - PL

  • Thanks for sharing and welcome onboard :)

    It's a bit difficult to be enthousiastic about this cabin and service, but as you quote, it was on old plane that doesn't fly LX anymore and a J service. At least you get to enjoy a giant pitch :)

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