Even though it is scaling down on its own operations, SWISS will help maintain Lufthansa’s flights after the German carrier announced thousands of cancellations due to the fuel crisis.
SWISS airline’s parent company, Germany’s Lufthansa, is cutting 20,000 short-haul flights to save on fuel.
Like a dutiful child, Switzerland’s flagship carrier is – literally – flying to Lufthansa’s aid by offering around 140 additional flights within Europe through the end of May.
SWISS’ goal is to help fill in for Lufthansa’s cancellations on some high-traffic routes.
They include destinations across the entire SWISS network, particularly the Romanian city of Cluj, along with Stuttgart and Munich, among others.
At the same time, SWISS will fly to its own destinations less frequently unitl the end of June.
About 50 flights and destinations across its network are affected – notably Nice, Amsterdam, and London.
Will jet fuel become an issue in Switzerland as well?
According to SWISS spokesperson Meike Fuhlrott, the supply of aviation fuel at the airline’s hub in Zurich (which is also the hub for its sister airline, Edelweiss) is guaranteed.
“We do not currently see any specific restrictions on flight operations at our destinations either,” she said.
Fuhlrott pointed out, however, that “we are monitoring the situation very closely because it could change at short notice.”
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