Well well. Okay, in the end, SWISS is Lufthansa Group that should have been warning enough. Its a pity but I read some good things about SWISS in advance, and so I was not prepared for what I discoverd. First of all, they operate those nearly 7 hours flight from Zurich to Dubai with an Airbus A330-300 aircraft that has been assembled shortly after the end of stonage. Ok, using old aircrafts thats typically part of Lufthansa DNA.
This plane has so little seat space its rediculous – under your feet there is hust half the normal space, as they have placed a metall box there that contains I think the entertainment systems electronics. So, if you are taller than 1,65 m, you wont find much space for the next 7 hours of flight. The reason … when this aircraft was taken into the fleet, passengers entertainment ment just radio programs that a pax could find and direct from his armrest and there was a CRT monitor on the ceiling showing movies for all the eco guests. When SWISS updated the cabin, they went for personal tv screens however it seems they had no other solution than putting the needed electronics below the seats. This could be a tolerable solution in the year 2010 but in 2024 its rediculous. An airline that offers its passengers on a 7 hours flight such a torture with lack of foot room can't earn any positive points.
Plus, the seats are small as well. As a passenger sitting on the aisle seats, the arm of my neighbor from the left all the time touched my breast und my left arm was sleeping after the fli flight as I found no place where to rest it. And I am not tall, I am small !