Pursuits
Swiss Mulling 747-8 for Fleet Upgrade Following Parent Lufthansa
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Swiss International Air Lines Ltd. said it will consider ordering Boeing Co.’s 747-8 as a potential replacement for its aging Airbus SAS A340s, following the lead of parent Deutsche Lufthansa AG, the model’s first customer.
Swiss could choose to scale up the wide-body fleet to add capacity as part of a fleet overhaul, with the 747 offering 362 seats in the layout chosen by Lufthansa, versus 219 in its own A340-300s. Boeing’s 777 and the new Airbus A350 are also in the running, Chief Executive Officer Harry Hohmeister said.