There is a reason Boeing is so afraid of the Airbus/Bombardier C Series: it’s a great aircraft. I was able to fly a SWISS-operated CS100 from Frankfurt to Zurich in August. Here’s a review of the flight. Since I...
Live and Let’s Fly Weekend Digest: October 08, 2017
I’m back in Los Angeles after a week in France/Switzerland/Germany. My trip was exhausting so it will be great to stay in LA this week. The big news of for the week, at least in my mind, was the...
Fish + Pasta = Delicious in SWISS First Class
Now an elusive award redemption available only to upper-tier elite members of the Miles & More program, SWISS first class used to be a relatively easy award booking to score. For this week’s Meal of the Week I review...
Premium Meals in SWISS Economy Class
Last year, SWISS announced an economy class buy-on-board program on longhaul flights. Food and drink would remain complimentary, but could be upgraded to business class-style food and alcohol for a fee. My colleague traveled from Los Angeles to Zurich earlier...
Flying on a Vintage Fokker 100 in Europe on SWISS
Yesterday I boarded my SWISS flight from Frankfurt to Zurich and had to stop and do a double take: what happened to my CS100?! I thought I was flying on a brand new Bombardier CS100 but instead I found...