tl;dr – Not the one you are thinking of!
Early this month, SWISS took delivery of its first A350-900. The plane – the first of 10 the airline will receive before the end of the decade – sports the much-hyped SWISS Senses cabin. You can see from the cover photo that it plane has the special ‘SWISS Wanderlust’ livery, an homage to Switzerland and its diversity.
The aircraft features four cabins: first, business, premium economy, and economy, and honestly, it looks really ******* nice.
First Class (4 seats):
Business Class (45 seats):
Premium Economy (38 seats):
Economy (156 seats):
The SWISS senses launch goes beyond the snazzy visual design as the airline’s “recently launched products, such as our signature scent Alpine Valley, new SWISS First amenity kits and pajamas, and the renewed bedding in SWISS Economy, SWISS Premium Economy and SWISS Business” are all part of the experience. Notably, there’s “a revised lighting concept in all travel classes, called ‘Human Centric Lighting’,” which supposedly helps to reduce the effects of jet lag. Passengers can also enjoy “a new, state-of-the-art on-board entertainment system with larger screens, and the ability to connect your own devices will also be installed in all travel classes.”
Here’s the airlines sultry SWISS Senses video if you happen to be alone:
For the plane’s naming ceremony, SWISS turned to none other than former world number 1 and 20-time Grand Slam champion Roger Federer (got em!), beloved local son and former world number 3 and 3-time Grand Slam Winner Stan Wawrinka, to serve as ‘godparent.’
The plane was named ‘Lausanne’ for the city on Lake Geneva, which just happens to be where Wawrinka is from.
The aircraft will service shorter European routes for the next few weeks before embarking on its first true long-haul service from Zurich to Boston on November 20.
