SWISS’ Airbus A330-300 HB-JHC is at HAECO’s facilities in Hong Kong for the SWISS Senses cabin retrofit and a scheduled C-Check. It is the first aircraft in the A330 fleet to receive this configuration, after several delays. Once the work is completed, it will return to Zurich.<\/p>\n
SWISS Senses is the airline’s new long-haul cabin product, first introduced on its Airbus A350-900 aircraft. It is now being applied to the 14 existing A330-300s, and will later reach the Boeing 777-300ER. The A330 program was delayed compared to the initial timeline of late 2025 or early 2026. It is being carried out in Hong Kong at a rate of approximately one aircraft every six weeks, with estimated completion by late 2027 or early 2028.<\/p>\n
The HB-JHC (MSN 1029, delivered in July 2009 and powered by Rolls-Royce Trent engines) is the first in the process. The seats and the previous cabin have already been removed, the aircraft was prepared for the technical installations and the C-Check is being performed in parallel, so what remains is the installation of the new elements, inspections and tests. When finished, the aircraft will return to Zurich International Airport.<\/p>\n
Which SWISS aircraft is receiving the new SWISS Senses cabin? <\/p>\n
The Airbus A330-300 registered HB-JHC (named Bellinzona), with serial number MSN 1029.<\/p>\n
Where is the HB-JHC retrofit and C-Check being carried out? <\/p>\n
At HAECO’s facilities in Hong Kong.<\/p>\n
How does the seat configuration change after the modernization? <\/p>\n
It will have approximately 227 seats: 4 in First, 43 in Business, 21 in Premium Economy and 159 in Economy (previously 236 total).<\/p>\n
How long does it approximately take to complete each A330 in Hong Kong? <\/p>\n
Approximately one aircraft every six weeks.<\/p>\n
What is the estimated completion schedule for the A330 program? <\/p>\n
It is expected to be completed by late 2027 or early 2028.<\/p>\n
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New configuration:<\/p>\n
4 First Class seats (previously 8)43 Business Class seats (previously 45)21 Premium Economy seats (new)159 Economy seats (previously 183)Approximately 227 total seats (previously 236)<\/p>\n
The First Class suites are heavier, so around 1.5 tonnes of ballast are being installed in the rear of the aircraft. SWISS’ A330-300s operate routes to North America, the Middle East and India. The 777-300ER modernization will be carried out after the A330s are completed.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"SWISS’ Airbus A330-300 HB-JHC is at HAECO’s facilities in Hong Kong for the SWISS Senses cabin retrofit and…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":114758,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[4],"tags":[55959,33854,3260,41,6181,17],"class_list":["post-114757","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-switzerland","tag-a330-300","tag-airbus","tag-hong-kong","tag-swiss","tag-swiss-senses","tag-switzerland"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@ch\/117085325571994916","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/114757","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=114757"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/114757\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/114758"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=114757"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=114757"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=114757"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}