Swiss International forced to add huge 'balancing plate' to Airbus jets due to new 1st-class seat weight
Swiss International Air Lines is implementing a balancing plate on certain Airbus jets to account for heavier first-class ...
SWISS' New Airbus 330 First-Class Seats Cause Nose-Heavy Balance Issue
SWISS' new first class seats, which the airline plans to install starting next year, are too heavy for its Airbus A330s. To ...
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First Class Fiasco: Swiss Adds Metal Weights to Rebalance Premium-Heavy Planes
Swiss faces a weight and balance issue with its Airbus A330-300 fleet and is resorting to metal plates as a workaround.
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Swiss Cabin Retrofit Creates Balance Problem On A330-300 Fleet
Credit: Swiss International Air Lines The new cabin configuration on Swiss International Air Lines’ Airbus A330-300 fleet has shifted the center of gravity onboard, as upgraded first-class ...
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SWISS forced to rebalance A330 aircraft fleet due to heavy first class seats
SWISS will have to do a balancing recalibration on its A330 fleet after it was found that its first class seats are too heavy ...
Business Insider15d
An airline's first-class seats are too heavy. Its planes now need even more weight to fix it.
To further save where it can, Swiss has also opted to remove the sliding doors from business class — a high-demand privacy perk that could make its premium cabin less competitive with other long ...
This airline’s first class seats are too heavy. Here’s why that is a problem
The Swiss national carrier, Swiss International Airlines, is preparing to elevate its first-class with a new concept called ‘Swiss Senses’, which aims to provide passengers with spacious, luxury ...
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Airline forced to rebalance planes thanks to these first-class seats
SWISS Industry trends show that first and business class seats ... is time we modernized the cabin interiors of our longhaul aircraft, and especially our Airbus A330-300s.” ...
CNN17d
Airline forced to rebalance planes because first class seats are too heavy
Swiss – Switzerland’s flag ... terms that it is time we modernized the cabin interiors of our longhaul aircraft, and especially our Airbus A330-300s.” The aircraft currently operate routes ...