SWISS and Helvetic Airways Extend Partnership for Five More Years

SWISS International Air Lines (SWISS) and Helvetic Airways have announced the extension of their long-standing partnership for an additional five years. Under the continued wet-lease agreement, Helvetic Airways will operate up to 15 aircraft throughout SWISS's European network on the airline's behalf.

Continued Collaboration and Enhanced Services

The partnership allows Swiss regional carrier Helvetic to operate advanced and carbon-efficient Embraer E190-E2 and E195-E2 aircraft, as well as their predecessor models, the E190s and E195s. All aircraft are leased along with their crews, ensuring seamless operations across SWISS's European route network.

Heike Birlenbach, Chief Commercial Officer at SWISS, emphasized the significance of the partnership: “Helvetic Airways fully and consistently meets all our high safety standards and all our premium aspirations, and is well liked by our customers. I’m delighted that we can now extend our successful partnership. Our collaboration not only enables us to cover our operating peaks; with Helvetic’s smaller aircraft, we can also serve destinations for which our own SWISS aircraft would be too big.”

Recognition of Quality and Reliability

Tobias Pogorevc, CEO of Helvetic Airways, expressed pride in the enduring collaboration between the two airlines, stating, “We are proud that the partnership which SWISS and Helvetic Airways have cultivated since 2007 will now be further extended and expanded. This confirms to us that we consistently meet SWISS’s high quality and reliability standards, and that our advanced regional twinjets ideally supplement the SWISS aircraft fleet.”

Operational Plans for Winter and Summer

In the upcoming winter timetable period, Helvetic Airways is set to operate up to nine aircraft on SWISS’s behalf. As the demand increases during the busier 2025 summer schedules, the number of Helvetic aircraft in service on SWISS routes is expected to rise to 15.

With this extension, SWISS and Helvetic Airways continue to strengthen their collaboration, ensuring enhanced service and operational efficiency across their networks.