Since not much report on the J cabin... I decide to share my experience!
Swiss’s New Airbus A330-300 Trip Report
As promised, I am going to write a short trip report on my experience of Swiss’ new business class cabin of Airbus A330-300. I was able to redeem a bmi award ticket from JFK to MCT via ZRH and DXB on Swiss to continue my RTW here at Muscat. In general, I am impressed with Swiss’ new business class seats, even compared to Delta’s vantage lie flat seats on Boeing 767-400ER. I am a bit disappointed with the late night supper and how Swiss reacts to our two hours and sixteen minutes taxing time at JFK. The service in general was fine and here is my full report!
Flight Details:
August 18, 2009
LX 15 JFK-ZRH Lv2050 Arr1055+1 Airbus A330-300 HB-JHA “Schwyz”
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August 19, 2009
LX 242 ZRH-DXB Lv1245 Arr2050 Airbus A330-300 HB-JHB “Sion”
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LX 242 DXB-MCT Lv2130 Arr2235 Airbus A330-300 HB-JHB “Sion”
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Check-in at JFK:
Check-in was very busy as Swiss had two evening flights – one to GVA and one was our flight to ZRH – the earlier one was gone by the time I arrived at JFK, and there was a business class line, as well as First Class/HON Circle/Star Alliance Gold lane near the entrance. There was no wait at all as no passengers were lining up. The agent took a minute to check me in and then took a bit to double check the visit requirement for entry into Oman. She also made me put my hand carry on the scale, which was unusual for premium class passengers. So F/J passengers on LX, please aware of your hand carry-on weight. As it was a short two days trip, my bag was light enough to get the cabin luggage tag from LX.
Swiss lounge at JFK:
As reported by others, the Swiss lounge was very nice with preflight dining available after 4pm. There was a menu and I took a picture of it. There was a large cheese plate, fruit plate, deli plate, assorted bread rolls, salad, warm dishes of mushroom fettuccine, rice, chicken artichoke, as well as normal packaged light snacks at the bar area. There was free wifi and ample seating room. Aerosvit, Egyptair and Singapore Airlines also use the Swiss lounge.
Plane-spotting:
JFK – August 18, 2009
Delta Boeing 767-400ER: 1805 to LHR as DL 3 and 1808 to LHR as DL 1
Singapore Airlines Boeing 747-400 9V-SPH
El Al’s Boeing 747-400 4X-ELE as LY 2 to TLV
Pakistan’s Boeing 777-200ER AP-BGY to Lahore and Karachi
Virgin Atlantic’s Boeing 747-400 G-VHOT to LHR as VS 46 & Airbus A340-600 “OU” to LHR as VS 10
Qatar Airways’ Boeing 777-300ER A6-BAO to Doha
ZRH – August 19, 2009
Swiss’ Airbus A330-300 HB-IQQ to Montreal and HB-IQJ to Delhi
Swiss’ Airbus A330-300 HB-JHA to Chicago O’Hare
Swiss’ Airbus A340-300 HB-JMC to Tokyo Narita
El Al’s Boeing 737-800 Winglet 4X-EKO to Tel Aviv
Emirates’ Boeing 777-300ER A6-ECI to DXB
Thai Airways’ Airbus A340-600 HS-TNF to BKK
Doha’s Apron as I landed on August 19, 2009
Lufthansa’ Airbus A340-300 D-AIGY
British Airways’ Boeing 777-200ER G-VIIJ
Oman Air’s Airbus A330-200 VT-JWD
Swiss’s New Airbus A330-300 Trip Report
As promised, I am going to write a short trip report on my experience of Swiss’ new business class cabin of Airbus A330-300. I was able to redeem a bmi award ticket from JFK to MCT via ZRH and DXB on Swiss to continue my RTW here at Muscat. In general, I am impressed with Swiss’ new business class seats, even compared to Delta’s vantage lie flat seats on Boeing 767-400ER. I am a bit disappointed with the late night supper and how Swiss reacts to our two hours and sixteen minutes taxing time at JFK. The service in general was fine and here is my full report!
Flight Details:
August 18, 2009
LX 15 JFK-ZRH Lv2050 Arr1055+1 Airbus A330-300 HB-JHA “Schwyz”
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August 19, 2009
LX 242 ZRH-DXB Lv1245 Arr2050 Airbus A330-300 HB-JHB “Sion”
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LX 242 DXB-MCT Lv2130 Arr2235 Airbus A330-300 HB-JHB “Sion”
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Check-in at JFK:
Check-in was very busy as Swiss had two evening flights – one to GVA and one was our flight to ZRH – the earlier one was gone by the time I arrived at JFK, and there was a business class line, as well as First Class/HON Circle/Star Alliance Gold lane near the entrance. There was no wait at all as no passengers were lining up. The agent took a minute to check me in and then took a bit to double check the visit requirement for entry into Oman. She also made me put my hand carry on the scale, which was unusual for premium class passengers. So F/J passengers on LX, please aware of your hand carry-on weight. As it was a short two days trip, my bag was light enough to get the cabin luggage tag from LX.
Swiss lounge at JFK:
As reported by others, the Swiss lounge was very nice with preflight dining available after 4pm. There was a menu and I took a picture of it. There was a large cheese plate, fruit plate, deli plate, assorted bread rolls, salad, warm dishes of mushroom fettuccine, rice, chicken artichoke, as well as normal packaged light snacks at the bar area. There was free wifi and ample seating room. Aerosvit, Egyptair and Singapore Airlines also use the Swiss lounge.
Plane-spotting:
JFK – August 18, 2009
Delta Boeing 767-400ER: 1805 to LHR as DL 3 and 1808 to LHR as DL 1
Singapore Airlines Boeing 747-400 9V-SPH
El Al’s Boeing 747-400 4X-ELE as LY 2 to TLV
Pakistan’s Boeing 777-200ER AP-BGY to Lahore and Karachi
Virgin Atlantic’s Boeing 747-400 G-VHOT to LHR as VS 46 & Airbus A340-600 “OU” to LHR as VS 10
Qatar Airways’ Boeing 777-300ER A6-BAO to Doha
ZRH – August 19, 2009
Swiss’ Airbus A330-300 HB-IQQ to Montreal and HB-IQJ to Delhi
Swiss’ Airbus A330-300 HB-JHA to Chicago O’Hare
Swiss’ Airbus A340-300 HB-JMC to Tokyo Narita
El Al’s Boeing 737-800 Winglet 4X-EKO to Tel Aviv
Emirates’ Boeing 777-300ER A6-ECI to DXB
Thai Airways’ Airbus A340-600 HS-TNF to BKK
Doha’s Apron as I landed on August 19, 2009
Lufthansa’ Airbus A340-300 D-AIGY
British Airways’ Boeing 777-200ER G-VIIJ
Oman Air’s Airbus A330-200 VT-JWD
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