Swiss parliament to review F-35 fighter selection process
A special Swiss Parliamentary committee will review the Federal Council of Switzerland’s selection of the Lockheed Martin F-35…
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Swiss lawmakers to challenge the F-35 acquisition?
On June 30, 2021, the Federal Council of Switzerland announced that it chose the Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning…
Switzerland picks the Lockheed Martin F-35A as its next fighter jet
The Federal Council of Switzerland announced its decision regarding the next fighter jet to fly with the colors…
Swiss Airlines to downsize fleet by 15 aircraft
Faced with “a lasting 20% decline in customer demand in the medium term” due to the COVID-19 pandemic,…
Switzerland to let vaccinated Americans and Canadians in
The Swiss government is going to allow vaccinated US and Canadian citizens to enter Switzerland starting from June…
Dassault Rafale in good position to win Switzerland tender?
As the decision on the next fighter jet to fly with the colors of the Swiss Air Force…
Swiss F-5 fighter jet crashes, pilot safely ejected
Swiss Air Force announced that the pilot ejected and was unhurt after its F-5 Tiger fighter jet crashed…
No more office hours for Swiss air policing missions
Until now, the Swiss Air Force was only able to police its airspace during “office hours”, meaning on…
Despite skeptic Swiss lawmakers, US moves forward with F-35 offer
The U.S. government and Lockheed Martin submitted the F-35 stealth fighter jet to the New Fighter Aircraft (NFA)…
Switzerland receives offer to buy Eurofighter jets
The European plane manufacturer Airbus and Germany seek to sell Eurofighter aircraft to Switzerland. The Swiss Federal Office…
50.1% of Swiss voters approve the acquisition of new fighter jets
On September 27, 2020, Switzerland held a referendum on whether it should acquire or not new fighter jets.…
easyJet Switzerland flies near full capacity through summer 2020
easyJet Switzerland, easyJet subsidiary, retained 80% of its network while flying at near full capacity between July and…
58% of Swiss voters support buying new fighter jets, poll shows
On September 27, 2020, five bills will be put to the vote of Swiss citizens through a referendum.…
Fliegerschiessen Axalp 2020 – Canceled
“Due to the limited space available, the measures necessary for the protection of the public from COVID-19 cannot…
SWISS begins repatriating A320 fleet from 10 km (6 mi) away
As the global commercial aviation industry was stopped on its tracks towards further growth by the COVID-19 pandemic,…
Death of the low-cost carrier in Europe?
Over the past decade, low-cost carriers around the world made huge strides in capturing more and more of…
After fall of Germania, subsidiary rebrands as new Chair Airlines
Switzerland has a new airline and it will commence operations under the name of Chair Airlines. The leisure…
Germania goes bankrupt, Swiss subsidiary spared
Unable to overcome its liquidity problems, low cost carrier Germania announced that it filed for bankruptcy on February…