Swiss has requested a further delay in the delivery of the Embraer 170s and 195s it ordered. Swiss predecessor Crossair was originally the launch customer for both models. Heavy losses had already forced an earlier postponement of deliveries, along with a substantial cut in the order. Continuing losses have now led Swiss to request that initial deliveries be pushed back another year, to 2005. This will obviously result in Swiss retaining its Avro RJ fleet longer.
Recent news items on Swiss:
- Ex-Swiss Avro RJ100 being prepared for Air Libya (2018-06-10)
- Last Swiss Avro RJ100 departs Zürich (2017-08-24)
- Swiss ends Avro RJ100 operations (2017-08-15)
- Swiss is down to a single Avro RJ100 (2017-07-05)
- Third Avro RJ100 delivered to Aerovías DAP (2017-04-29)