SWISS will be further expanding its network in the 2026/27 winter schedules with a new service to Bengaluru, its first ever to a destination in Southern India. SWISS will serve a total of 88 destinations worldwide from Zurich and Geneva in the coming winter timetable period. The company will also be extending services with its new Airbus A350 fleet to Johannesburg and Shanghai. So even more long-haul travelers will be able to enjoy its new ‘SWISS Senses’ service product with its state-of-the-art cabin and its enhanced air travel experience.

Swiss International Air Lines (SWISS) will be further expanding its long-haul network in the coming winter schedules with the introduction of a new five-times-weekly service to Bengaluru (formerly Bangalore) in Southern India. Bengaluru is SWISS’s third Indian destination, joining Delhi and Mumbai.

Bengaluru: new to the SWISS network

The new Bengaluru service will be the first in SWISS’s history to India’s fourth-largest city. Bengaluru is one of Asia’s leading centers of technology and innovation. Along with international tech corporations, numerous European companies operate in the Bengaluru region, which has developed in the past few years into a major high-tech and innovation hub.

“We are delighted that, with Bengaluru, we will soon be providing our customers with another attractive and multi-faceted long-haul destination,” says SWISS CEO Jens Fehlinger. “India’s Silicon Valley has a lot to offer both leisure and business travelers, and is also a perfect gateway for exploring Southern India. Our new Bengaluru service is particularly aimed at meeting the growing demand among the business community for direct flights to this major technology hub.”

The new eastbound LX 140 service will depart from Zurich daily (except Mondays and Wednesdays) at 13:20 and arrive in Bengaluru some nine hours later at 02:55 the following day. The westbound LX 141 service will leave Bengaluru daily (except Tuesdays and Thursdays) at 04:50 and arrive in Zurich at 10:50 the same day.

Airbus A350 services extended to Johannesburg and Shanghai

SWISS expects its new long-haul Airbus A350 fleet to grow to a total of five aircraft by the end of this year. As a result, even more travelers will soon be able to take full advantage of the new ‘SWISS Senses’ long-haul air travel experience.

Following its Airbus A350 services to Boston and Seoul, SWISS will be deploying its advanced new Airbus long-haul twinjets on its Zurich-Johannesburg route in the coming winter schedules and on its Zurich-Shanghai services from as early as September. So travelers on these routes, too, will soon be enjoying the innovative SWISS Senses cabin, even greater inflight comfort and an even more memorable long-haul air travel experience in all seating classes.

Further network modifications

In addition to its long-haul service to and from New York, SWISS’s Geneva-based network will in future extend to 15 short-haul destinations. Berlin, Hamburg and Pristina will not be served from Geneva in the coming winter schedules. The cessation of these services has been prompted by the continuing limited availability worldwide of aircraft and engine parts for the SWISS Airbus A220 fleet. SWISS is modifying its services from Geneva accordingly, to further strengthen overall fleet planning and operational stability. SWISS will serve 60 European and 24 intercontinental destinations from Zurich in the coming winter timetable period.

The 2026/27 winter timetable period will run from 25 October 2026 to 27 March 2027. All in all, SWISS will offer service to 88 destinations from Zurich and Geneva in its coming winter schedules.

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