Swiss European Air Lines (Zurich) has been renamed Swiss Global Air Lines (Zurich) ahead of the delivery of its first B777-300(ER)s, due later next year. According to parent Swiss International Air Lines, both it and Swiss Global Air Lines will operate under the SWISS brand.
Swiss says that once the corresponding commercial and operating licences have been duly amended by the Swiss Federal Office of Civil Aviation (FOCA), the byline “Operated by Swiss European Air Lines” will be gradually replaced with “Operated by Swiss Global Air Lines” in flight booking applications and on the aircraft themselves.
Following the collapse of labour agreement talks with its two main rival pilot unions, IPG and Aeropers, Swiss said it would deploy its fleet of six B777-300(ER)s to Swiss European on their arrival in 2016.
