One of the best scheduled airlines in Europe. Good service and reasonable comfort, 32'' seat pitch, same as Qatar. Though not rated as high as Qatar (no European Airline is) they are nevertheless an excellent airline to fly with. The airline ceased being Swiss Air in the early 2000's, and was reformed as just plain SWISS. The airline belongs to Lufthansa.
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thanks for the prompt reply

Flew to Brazil with them in January and absolutely brilliant airline. Where did you see details of the flight to Goa?

I only use them UK-Switzerland but when they altered a flight time and messed up my plans there was no argument about moving me to a more expensive routing (at no extra charge) to get back on plan - all sorted in one 5 minute phone call on a Sunday. To me that sort of attitude counts a lot.

That said, Zurich airport can be a shambles at times! I nearly demolished Jeremy Clarkson there once when we were running in opposite directions down miles of corridor - what an opportunity to miss!!

Offers from the UK priced in pounds are displayed on their website http://www.swiss.com , should work automatically if you have a UK IP address, if it shows Euro or Franc prices use the country selector at the top of the home page.

Sadly their reputation is rather tarnished in my eyes as they have had regular technical problems on their early morning rotations between Basel and London City. They can perform extremely well, but if things go pear-shaped, they aren't always on the ball to get you on your way .... (personal experience).

That said, they can offer very good value fares between the UK and Switzerland, with a reserved seat, 20 kg and a sandwich!! (Though always a cheese roll!!!!!)

The feeder flight from Zurich to Basel at 2300 or thereabouts is always held for late connections, but it still makes one feel very stressed running the whole length of Zurich airport and clearing security twice with less than 20 mins to go before scheduled take off ..... (my experience flying BHX-ZRH-BSL recently!) and wondering if one's luggage will make it too ...

Flew to Brazil with them in January and absolutely brilliant airline. Where did you see details of the flight to Goa?

ebookers but alas no availability as usual

Did ebookers give any clue to the routing? Swiss don't fly to Goa according to their website.

Did ebookers give any clue to the routing? Swiss don't fly to Goa according to their website

they do. here is the schedule:

LX 8958 ZRH GOI 18:05 07:00 +1 only once a week on sunday 07NOV-27FEB

LX 8958 GOI MLE 08:00 09:40 MLE ZRH 11:10 17:40

Obviously their interactive map isn't up to date!

Expedia have Swiss availability on dates requested - direct outbound - (with SWISS) return via Mumbai (Jet Airways) then on to Zurich with SWISS.

Around 950 pounds return......

Nivsy