Review of SWISS flight from Zurich to Hong Kong in Economy

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LX - SWISS

Flight taken on 02 June 2018
LX138
22:45 12h 10m 16:55
Class Economy
Seat 45A
NGD16
4,596 · 36 · 3 · 9

Hello everyone, welcome to the second part of the trip to Asia series. This report will cover the flight from Zurich to Hong Kong with Swiss International Airlines. This is the second time that I take the same route to Hong Kong.
Part1: MUC → ZRH: LX3627: Here!
Part2: ZRH → HKG: You are here!
Part3: HKG → NGO: CX538: Here!
Part4: NGO → OIT: NH3165: Here!
Part5: FUK → NGO: NH438: Here!
Part6: NGO → HKG: CX539: Here!
Part7: HKG → FRA: LH797: Here!
Part8: FRA → MUC: LH094: Here!
After arriving from Munich, we were taken by a bus to terminal A. We did not spent much time there and went through the immigration. Although our gate wasn't assigned yet, we were pretty sure that international flights are departing from Terminal E. We took the people mover to terminal E.


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Since our gate was not announced yet, we just found a seat and waited. Zurich Airport provides free WiFi to passengers, there are several machines available and from them you can scan your boarding pass and get the WiFi password.


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Overview of the Zurich airport


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Eventually, our gate was assigned to gate 34 and we decided to sit in front of the gate, waiting for boarding.


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And this will be my ride to Hong Kong, HB-JNH, delivered to Swiss International Airlines in March 2017. The plane is pretty new and is still configured in F8C62Y270.


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Boarding started at 22:08pm.


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My seat, 45A. It is located at the back of the aircraft. Pillow, blanket and earphone were placed on the seat in advance. Pitch of the seat is 32 inch, it has one more inch than Lufthansa long haul aircraft.


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View of the rear cabin.


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Cabin during boarding.


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Another view of the cabin


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Welcome screen


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View out of my seat window.


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Soon, menu was distributed.


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At 22:56pm, pushback began and the cabin light was dimmed. After a short taxi to RWY34, we took-off at 23:10pm.


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15 minutes after takeoff, I started watching the first movie, Black Panther.


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Dinner was served at 23:46pm, I chose the chicken option and a coke for the drink.
First course
Vegetable salad
Main course
Zurich-style sliced chicken with mushroom cream sauce, rösti and green bean
Dessert
Diplomat cream with crumble and raspberry coulis


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Had a cup of coffee after the meal.


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After the dinner, the cabin light was dimmed again, leaving only the blue LED on the ceiling.


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By the time i finished the Black Panther movie, we were still flying over the Black sea.


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About 20 minutes later, the sun began to rise. I also felt quite sleepy and tried to get some sleep.


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Somehow I woke up one hour later and could not able to get back to sleep again. Checking the flightmap again and knew that we were flying over Turkmenistan.


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Then I started watching the second movie, Destiny: A Tale of Kamakura.


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About an hour later, I checked out the snacks bar in front. To my surprise, there are so many variety to choose from.


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By the time I finished the second movie, we were flying close to Delhi. According to the flightmap, there were still 4 hours and 30 minutes to go!


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At 5:55am, I visited the toilet at the back after the second movie.


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At 6:15am, I started watching the third movie, but could not finished by the time we descent. Soon after the started of the movie, I fell asleep again and slept for about one and a half hour.


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When I woke up, I visited the toilet again. Cabin light was starting to turn on gradually which implied that we were closed to destination.


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Still 2 more hours to Hong Kong, and we were flying over Myanmar.


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At 8:30am, breakfast was served.
Scrambled eggs with chives, green asparagus, potato rösti. Bread roll, butter, jam, yoghurt and seasonal fruit salad.


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Not long after the breakfast, the SWISS chocolate was given. In SWISS website, there is a detail description about the chocolate.


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At 9:43, the captain announced that we will be landing in 40 minutes


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Passing through Macau.


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We touched down on RWY07L at Hong Kong time 16:22pm.


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Reached the parking position at gate 18.


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Last view of the aircraft.


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Thanks for reading!

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Product ratings

Airline

SWISS 8.6

  • Cabin8.5 / 10
  • Cabin crew9.0 / 10
  • Entertainment/wifi8.5 / 10
  • Meal/catering8.5 / 10
Departure airport

Zurich - ZRH8.8

  • Efficiency9.0 / 10
  • Access8.5 / 10
  • Services8.5 / 10
  • Cleanliness9.0 / 10
Arrival Airport

Hong Kong - HKG8.3

  • Efficiency8.0 / 10
  • Access8.0 / 10
  • Services8.5 / 10
  • Cleanliness8.5 / 10

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Comments (3)

  • Wow nice stuff on LX! I personally don't mind 3-4-3, so don't @ me. I think my flight on DL from SEA was parked next to another LX B77W, so that's cool I think at the same location as well! (The plane was HB-JNB)

  • It looks like LX is one of the best carriers for long haul nowadays, thanks for sharing!

  • Thanks for this FR.

    Really good service, the meals are typically swiss and even if they're small the snacks that are available make up for this.

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