Review of SWISS flight Zurich → Istanbul in First

Airline SWISS

Flight LX1800

Class First

Seat 1A

Aircraft Airbus A330-200

Flight time 02:50

Take-off 01 Oct 10, 09:30

Arrival at 01 Oct 10, 13:20

ZRH ISL Zurich Istanbul

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By Benoit75008 GOLD 4052

Published on 2nd June 2014

Hi! This is my first Flight Report and i hope it'll be ok.
I'm FTL member with LH and Silver as well with AF.
I decided to report some flights i did earlier at first.

So i took a SWISS Airbus A330-200 to Istanbul. This plane was sold in 2011 to Brussels Airlines, as Swiss was only operating A330-300 then.

I was flying in business class and finally i was upgraded to first seat…but with business service on this short flight (which is normal).

I found it quite old according to some other european airlines.

The pitch is really good although i don't find it attractive.

I decided to check IFE even if it was not set for medium-haul flight.

Food was ok even if i expected better food as i even got on short-haul flight as ZRH-WAW with LX.

Nice coffee when we were flying over Belgrad ;)

Verdict

SWISS

7.6/10

Cabin7.5

Cabin crew8.5

Entertainment/wifi7.0

Meal/catering7.5

SWISS Lounge - Business

8.5/10

Comfort8.5

Meal/catering8.5

Entertainment/wifi8.5

Services8.5

Zurich - ZRH

8.0/10

Efficiency8.5

Access8.0

Services7.5

Cleanliness8.0

Istanbul - ISL

7.2/10

Efficiency5.0

Access8.0

Services8.0

Cleanliness8.0

Conclusion

Swiss is definitly such a good european airline. Flight attendants are welcoming and ready to make your flight being smoothy as possible (better than LH for sure).

I fly often with Star Alliance members and i definitly highly recommand you to fly with Swiss.

See you next time, and i'll make better photos for sure!

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Information on the route Zurich (ZRH) → Istanbul (ISL)

The contributors of Flight-Report published 10 reviews of 2 airlines on the route Zurich (ZRH) → Istanbul (ISL).

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The airline with the best average rating is Turkish Airlines with 8.1/10.

The average flight time is 2 hours and 45 minutes.

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5 Comments

jetsetpanda — 2294 Comments 2014-06-02 20:52:05

Thanks for sharing and welcome.

You sure flew in style and got lucky with a widebody.
2014-06-02 20:52:05

Benoit75008 — GOLD AUTHOR 7318 Comments 2014-06-02 21:27:42

Thank you!
hope to share my reports as you did!
next one will be LX!
2014-06-02 21:27:42

KévinDC — TEAM SILVER 5307 Comments 2014-06-03 02:36:36

Thanks for sharing this first report with us! Interesting to see the evolution of the product. This First class cabin was starting to be outdated in 2010, but still very nice. I believe all First cabins on LX have been updated to the new standard since then. Very cool to be able to fly on an internationally configured aircraft on such a short flight!

Welcome to Flight-Report

KevinDC / Community Manager & Mod
2014-06-03 02:36:36

Benoit75008 — GOLD AUTHOR 7318 Comments 2014-06-03 02:48:47

Thanks Kevin,
You're right, Swiss began to change it in 2011 in A343 then in new A330-300.
I'll post more of reports now, glad to see many people love travelling like us!

Benoit - Warsaw - PL
2014-06-03 02:48:47

pititom — GOLD 10706 Comments 2014-06-03 14:23:43

Thanks for sharing and welcome onboard :)

It's a bit difficult to be enthousiastic about this cabin and service, but as you quote, it was on old plane that doesn't fly LX anymore and a J service. At least you get to enjoy a giant pitch :)
2014-06-03 14:23:43