PSS migration well under way
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PSS migration well under way
EA * A IRLI NE D *** THE A N OF * * ** * * RE Airmail 12 Iss Fe ue 20 bru 1 16 ar y S W IT ZERL PEOPLE The news journal for SWISS employees Liz Hasler, Business Ticketing Expert, PSS Project 14 First Boeing 777-300ER delivery Welcome to Zurich, HB-JNA! INSIDE SWISS New Zurich Terminal E Lounges opened 5 PEOPLE ŅŅŅJX_Vb`X8iXag-U\ZZXfg SWISS party ever 8 BheFJ<FFCXbc_XÆfC_TaX[TfUXXabcXeTg\aZbabhe8hebcXTaaXgjbe^f\aVX@baWTlņ9XUehTel!;XeÏefg\agXeVbag\aXagT_Ð\Z[g ÁgbAXjLbe^ \fc_TaaXWYbeFhaWTlŀĿ9XUehTel!Photo: Martin Stamm Rarely has a year in our history got off to such a start. And the events of the first few weeks of 2016 have generated a host of emotions among both our people and the public. Our presence at the Lauberhorn Ski Races in mid-January – great lounge, A321 naming and spectacular flypasts with the Patrouille Suisse – was enthusiastically received and made major media waves. And at the end of the month we welcomed our first Boe- ing 777 to Zurich, an event witnessed live by hundreds of aviation fans. The same day saw the formal opening of our spectacular new lounges in the airport’s Terminal E. And just a few days ago we were able to both experience our new Triple Seven as our “SWISS People’s Plane” and welcome our new CEO Thomas Klühr at the biggest party that Zurich Airport has ever seen. We look back at all these landmark events inside. From Page 2 INSIDE SWISS Lauberhorn Ski Races: a winning combination 10 Major IT project PSS migration well under way Another milestone in our history was marked at the end of January with the first step in the migration of our Passenger Service System – the most vital part of our IT landscape – to the new Amadeus platform. The migration is the biggest single project we have ever undertaken, and one that embraces a vast number of stakeholders both within and outside SWISS. Over 200 of our peo- ple are involved, and some 2,000 users have already been trained on the new system. And on the night of 30-31 January the first major step was taken with the migration of our Reservation, Inventory & Ticketing system. The Departure Control System will follow at our various stations over the next few months. 11 INSIDE SWISS SWISS Snow Team: champs of Europe! 12 2 777 WELCOME ǎJX_Vb`XgbMhe\V[;5 =A4 Zurich Airport witnessed a very special event on the morning of 5aXSPhdžǍ9P]dPah)cWT PaaXeP[^U^da©abc1^TX]VNjNjNjLJDŽDŽ4A^]XcbST[XeTahªXVWcUa^\BTPctle. Our new long-haul twinjet performed a low pass over the airport accomp anied by t wo BfXbb0Xa5^aRT©VWcTa jets before landing on Ad]fPhDžNJ — EXgb;bø`Taa HB-JNA, the first of nine Boeing 777-300ERs that we have ordered from the manufacturer, was greeted with loud applause as it taxied to Gate B38. The youngest and biggest member of our fleet had been flown to Zurich non-stop from Boeing’s Everett site in Washington State in the northwestern USA. And on board the delivery flight – appropriately numbered LX 7771 – were members of our Management Board, various media representatives and further invitees. The afternoon saw an official presentation of our new longhaul twinjet in Zurich’s Hangar 3. Top SWISS customers, members of the political community, representatives of the authorities, journalists and our business partners were all invited to come and view our new Triple Seven. Our Boeing 777-300ERs will accommodate 340 passengers in SWISS configuration: eight in First Class, 62 in Business Class and 270 in Economy Class. The totally newly-designed cabin of our new fleet flagship offers outstanding comfort and elegance in all three seating classes. And our Triple Seven travellers will also enjoy wireless internet connectivity aloft. The Boeing 777 will primarily be deployed on our routes to Hong Kong, Bangkok, Los Angeles, San Francisco, São Paulo and Tel Aviv. After the formal welcomes, HB-JNA was given her special “SWISS People’s Plane” livery featuring the faces of some 2,500 of our employees over the weekend of 30-31 January. After that she took off for Mallorca with around 50 pilots on board for some extensive landing training. Our first Triple Seven made her first commercial flight on Monday 8 February. Her destination: Geneva, where she was also keenly received. 8fVbegXWUlg[Xgjb9"4 ĿņfbheaXjGe\c_XFXiXacXeYbe`XWT_bjcTffT_baZMhe\V[ÆfEhajTlĿńUXYbeXZb\aZTebhaWTaW_TaW\aZbag[XfT`X ehajTl!Photo: DDPS Every smartphone was out and wielded on Zurich Airport's observation WXV^TfbheaXj_baZ [Th_gj\a]XgcTffXW!C[bgb-EXgb;bø`Taa GbhV[WbjaÁf`bbg[Tff\_^ÁbaEhajTlĿń! Photo: Martin Stamm G[XT\ecbegÏeXfXei\VXcebi\WXWg[XgeTW\g\baT_ÃjTgXefT_hgXÄgb jX_Vb`XbheaXjŅŅŅ!C[bgb-EXgb;bø`Taa 4_TeZXjX_Vb`\aZVb``\ggXX[TWZTg[XeXWTgg[XZTgX! Photo: Alessandro della Bella Scan QR codes with kooaba Paperboy App; available for free for iOS, Android and Windows Mobile Impressum G[XVbV^c\gVeXjgbbÐXjTVX_XUeTgbelÐTZ!C[bgb-EXgb;bø`Taa Editorial team Dan Bärlocher (publisher), Melaa\X;X\a\ZXeTaWEXgb;bø`TaaVb XW\gbef \a V[\XY and producers), Translators Paul Day and Jenny Rogers Layout and design Melanie Heiniger and EXgb;bø`Taa<agXeaT_6b``ha\VTg\bafHeUTa Kronenberg (Futureworks) Copyright notice Some pictograms in this publication are part of the 8aglcb\VbaYbagf[TeXWhaWXeT6eXTg\iX6b``baf Ł!ľ_\VXaVXEditorial team contactT\e`T\_3fj\ff! com Postal address Swiss International Air Lines 4: 4\e`T\_ CbfgYTV[ 6; ņľŃņ Me\V[ 9_hZ[TYXa Printing SWS Medien AG Print, Sursee, Switzerland G[\fchU_\VTg\ba\fce\agXWbaaTgheT_ j[\gXĿľľ Zf`6lV_hfBøfXgcTcXe`TahYTVgheXWYeb`Ŀľľ uncoloured recycled pulp CirculationŀŃľľ.4\e`T\_ \fchU_\f[XWĿľg\`XfTlXTeThe next issue will be out onĿľ@TeV[ŀľĿń! 777 WELCOME Bag[XTYgXeabbabY[XeTee\iT_bheaXjÐXXgÐTZf[\cjTfceXfXagXWgbg[X`XW\TTaWgbYheg[Xe\ai\gXXf\aMhe\V[Æf;TaZTeŁ!Photo: Alessandro della Bella Bhe@TaTZX`Xag5bTeWgbZXg[Xej\g[Mhe\V[:biXea`Xag6bhaV\__be6Te`XaJT_^Xe Fc|[jXeXg[XÏefggbfgXcTUbTeW!C[bgb-EXgb;bø`Taa 5bX\aZICCebWhVg7XiX_bc`Xag8_\mTUXg[?haWbøXeXW;Teel;b[`X\fgXeTfcXV\T_ jX_Vb`XZ\Yg!C[bgb-EXgb;bø`Taa AbjeX _\iXe\XWTfbheÃFJ<FFCXbc_XÆfC_TaXÄ;5 =A4_TaWf\a:XaXiTYbeg[XÏefgg\`Xba@baWTlņ9XUehTelTYgXe[Xe`T\WXaVb``XeV\T_Ð\Z[g!Photo: SWISS 3 4 INSIDE SWISS ŅŅŅWX_\iXelÐ\Z[g 4[\Z[_lX`bg\baT_TøT\e A number of delegations headed out to join our acceptance team at 1^TX]VX]BTPcc[TQTU^aT cWTST[XeTah^U^da©abc Triple Seven. And after some eventful days there, they all experienced an unforgettable ST[XeTahªXVWc — Melanie Heiniger Our SWISS acceptance team led by Ivan Szabo headed out to Boeing’s Everett Factory in mid-January to prepare for the acceptance of our first Boeing 777-300ER, HB-JNA. Three days before the delivery flight they were joined by our 13-strong delivery crew, members of our top management, invited journalists and ten lucky SWISS competition winners. And while some worked through all the preparations, others enjoyed a fascinating tour of the Boeing works. On the evening before the delivery flight Boeing invited 150 guests to its traditional “Delivery Dinner”. And on 28 January the big day dawned. After the ribbon-cutting and speeches by Harry Hohmeister and Ray Conner, CEO of Boeing Commercial Airplanes, the 56 passengers boarded our new fleet flagship for its delivery flight. And every one of them – SWISS staff, media colleagues, Boeing managers, crew and more – savoured the moment to the full. Takeoff was followed by ringing applause, and even the odd cheer. And as soon as cruising altitude was reached the cabin burst into activity. While some G[XWX_\iXelVeXjj\g[bheFJ<FF`TaTZX`XagTaW5bX\aZXkXVhg\iXfETl6baaXeTaW8_\mTUXg[?haW!Photos: SWISS Boeing VIP Factory Tour: our SWISS contest winners with HB-JNB, our fXVbaWGe\c_XFXiXa! G[Xe\UUbaVhgg\aZ! checked out the new surroundings, others conducted interviews with their fellow passengers. Maître de Cabine Sabrina Agustoni and her crew offered impeccable service throughout; and the whole mood was so upbeat that hardly anyone thought of grabbing a little sleep. Just before the flight entered Swiss airspace on the morning of 29 January, Captain Andi Boner announced that two Swiss Mission completed: Markus Löhn, permanent representative of Lufthansa Group Fleet Management in Seattle (left) and Ivan Szabo, bhe8agel <agb FXei\VXCebZeT``X@TaTZXe! ÃGbbheGe\c_XFXiXaÄ6TU\aVeXj`X`UXef\ag[X 5hf\aXff6_TffZT__XlgbTfg\aZj\g[fbYgWe\a^f Whe\aZTdh\Xg`b`XagbaUbTeW! Air Force F/A-18 fighter jets would be escorting our Triple Seven to Zurich. And after a brief tour of the Swiss Alps, Andi Boner started his Zurich approach. Here the thousands who had gathered were treated to a low pass along Runway 16, followed by a landing at 09:14 local time. The awestruck passengers and crew deplaned: for many of them, it had been the most amazing flight of their lives. BheWX_\iXelÐ\Z[gVbV^c\gVeXjeXTWlYbegT^Xbø!9eb`_XYg-6TcgT\aHef 5T_g\fUXeZXe9\efgBùVXe?XaaTeg5bfgX_TaW@\ff\ba6b``TaWXe4aW\ 5baXe! Our media spokesman Stefan Vasic and Event Manager Radojka Berchtold were responsible for g[XbiXeT__VbbeW\aTg\babYg[XWX_\iXelYXfg\i\g\Xf! INSIDE SWISS 5 Top-notch facilities for premium travellers New Zurich lounges opened The new lounges in Terminal E at our home Zurich hub were formally ^_T]TS^]džǍ9P]dPah The event offered the media and further invicTTbP©abc[^^ZPccWT facilities, which set new QT]RW\PaZb X] _aT ªXVWcR^\U^ac — EXgb;bø`Taa Our Terminal E lounge complex was formally inaugurated by our new Management Board with a ribbon-cutting ceremony. And our new First Class, Senator and Business Class lounges opened their doors to our passengers at 06:00 on Monday 1 February. The first guests were personally welcomed by Bruno Schlaefli, our Head of Ground Services Product and Rahel Anderegg, the project leader for our new lounge complex, and were presented with a bottle of champagne. =TfQT]RW\PaZb Our new lounges set new benchmarks in pre-flight comfort and convenience for our premium guests. Extending over some 3,300 square metres 5PRcbP]S©VdaTb Power sockets: 2,799 Mains power wiring: over 70 kilometres Largest mirror elements: 4.6 x 2 metres Seating: 175 in Business, 225 in Senator, 80 in First First Class wine rack capacity: 1,000 bottles Senator Whisky Bar: 120 different whiskies. 4aW»VhgBhe69BEb_TaW5hfV[68BG[b`Tf>_[eTaW66B@Te^hf5\a^XegbcXabheaXjGXe`\aT_8 _bhaZXf!Photo: SWISS and sited conveniently close to our long-haul departure gates, the lounges offer our First and Business Class travellers and our Senators a new zonal lounge philosophy, with open areas in which to unwind, more secluded working areas and genuine rest zones with specially-developed “relax” seating. The culinary highlights include front-cooking zones in which the chefs prepare selected meals before the customer’s eyes, while the Senator Lounge features an exclusive Whisky Bar with over 120 different whiskies. 5ehabFV[_TXÐ\bhe;XTWbY:ebhaWFXei\VXfCebWhVgTaW_bhaZX ceb]XVg_XTWXeET[X_4aWXeXZZjX_Vb`XWg[XÏefgZhXfgj\g[TUbgg_XbY V[T`cTZaX!C[bgb-EXgb;bø`Taa A la carte in First The SWISS First Lounge abandons self-service entirely in favour of an à la carte five-star restaurant concept: the guest can choose anything they wish from an extensive menu, at any time of the day. All three lounges feature a terrace area with great views of the airport’s runways and of the Swiss alpine panorama beyond. In winter, SWISS First guests can even enjoy fondue or raclette on their terrace as they take in the spectacular vistas. G[XaXjMhe\V[GXe`\aT_8_bhaZXf\aVbecbeTgXg[XÏaXfg`TgXe\T_f!9\efg6_TffVhfgb`Xef[TiXTZeXTgi\Xj bYEhajTlĿł"ŁŀYeb`g[X\ez_TVTegXeXfgTheTag!4aW\afh``Xeg[XlVTaXiXaW\aXbhgf\WX! Photos: Alessandro della Bella and SWISS 6 INSIDE SWISS Voices and views BheŅŅŅi\f\gYbeYT`\_lTaWYe\XaWf Priska Wittwer (F/A), with mother Elisabeth and father Klaus – "I was really looking forward to seeing the new First and 5hf\aXff6_TffTaW<[TiXgbfTl<Æ`iXel\`ceXffXW<gÆfTeXT__l TggeTVg\iXcebWhVgTaWiXelVb`YbegTU_XYbeg[XcTffXaZXegbb! <T_fb_biXbheebb`lVeXjeXfg!4aW<Æ`TU\ZYTabYg[XfcXV\T_ livery: I love the idea that our pictures will spend a whole year Y_l\aZTebhaWbaÃbheÄGe\c_XFXiXaÄ Barbara Vogel (F/A Intercontinental), with partner Daniel Huber and mother Anna – "I’m very impressed with the spaciousness of the Economy galley: brilliant! And I love the 5hf\aXff6_TfffXTgf!4__\aT__<g[\a^jXÆiXZbgTZbbWcebWhVg here, even if the space feels a little tight in the Business and 9\efg6_TffVTU\af!4aljTl-<Æ`eXT__l_bb^\aZYbejTeWgb`l Y\efg***Y_\Z[gà >Tl8_fgaXe@"68hebcXj\g[Hef>_X\aXe@"6 Intercontinental) – "I think it’s a really modern and good-looking c_TaX!<XfcXV\T__l_\^Xg[XWXf\ZaWXgT\_f!4aWlbhVTafXXg[Tg all the space on board has been cleverly used, in the cabin and g[XZT__Xlf!<Y\aWg[XaXjChefXeJbe^\aZFgTg\baiXelceTVg\VT_ gbb!4aW<jTfeXT__l\`ceXffXWUlg[XXageTaVXTeXTgbg[X f`T__Xe5hf\aXff6_TfffXVg\ba!à >Xefg\a@__Xe9"4<agXeVbag\aXagT_j\g[[hfUTaW6TcgT\a ;Taf]eZ@__Xe– "We found the visit really interesting and informative, and we got a good overall impression of our new Y_XXgY_TZf[\c!JXXfcXV\T__l_\^XWg[X5hf\aXff6_TffeXVXcg\ba with its geographical map: very nicely done! And the cabin [TfTa\VXebb`lYXX_TUbhg\g!G[XeXÆfV_XTe_l`beXfcTVXÁ\a g[XbiXe[XTWU\afYbe\afgTaVX!à 4_`bfgłľľľX`c_blXXfYT`\_l`X`UXefTaWYe\XaWfgbb^TWiTagTZXbYbheŅŅŅJX_Vb`XI\f\ggbV[XV^bhgbheaXjÐXXgÐTZf[\cYeb`j\g[bhgTaWj\g[\a!C[bgbf-EXgb;bø`Taa INSIDE SWISS 7 4cXefbaT_ZeXXg\aZYeb`bheaXj68B Ã<Æ`WX_\Z[gXWgbUXgT^\aZbiXefhV[ TfhVVXffYh_T\e_\aXÄ Our new CEO Thomas :[èWac^^Zd_WXb^ÊRT ^]Dž5TQadPah7TaTWT offers an initial message to his new SWISS crew. Dear colleagues and members of the SWISS family, It’s about two weeks now since I took the helm at SWISS, and I’m pleased to send my first few words to you. As you may know, I spent the last eight years in charge of Lufthansa’s Munich hub. Throughout that time, when it came to making major improvements, we often looked over to SWISS. We could see how well you were doing – not just financially, but also operationally, as was reflected in the levels of your customer satisfaction. So I’m delighted to start my new job here, and be part of the successful SWISS team. 0RWP[[T]VX]VdžDŽDžNJ I have a lot of respect for the many major projects we have set ourselves for the year ahead. I’m convinced that we’re working on the right things, and that they will help give SWISS a sound business future. I can also tell you that we’ll be putting a lot of energy this year into making these projects happen! One huge undertaking is, of course, the introduction of our new Boeing 777s. We welcomed the first of these at the end of last month; eight more will follow. And I’m sure it’s not just us who will be delighted to have them: our customers, too, will really appreciate all the extra comfort that our new longhaul twinjets will provide. “I’m convinced that we’re working on the right things.” SWISS still SWISS In mid-year we’ll have a world premiere, with the introduction of the new Bombardier CSeries to our fleet. And we have other major projects on the go, too – like migrating the rest of our Passenger Service System to its new Amadeus platform. We will, of course, also continue to work on the Lufthansa Group’s new process orientation. I know this groupwide project is raising a few fears, along with a number of questions. I can assure you, though, that the business decision-making authority will still be here in Switzerland, and SWISS will remain an independent brand. In fact, in some of the new groupwide core processes we will be taking the lead role for the whole Lufthansa Group, in areas where SWISS has had a lot of success in the last few years – like Revenue Management, where Markus Binkert will be in overall group charge as the new Process Owner, or the creation of a new flight training company for the whole Lufthansa Group, which has been entrusted to Rainer Hiltebrand. This groupwide approach is one that we simply have to adopt if the Lufthansa Group is to compete effectively against the low-cost carriers on the one hand and the Middle East-based airlines on the other. 5TTSQPRZfT[R^\T I’m delighted to be taking over such a successful airline. And I would like to extend my thanks here to Harry Hohmeister, who did such a tremendous job, to Rainer Hiltebrand, and of course to you. Being able to take over as the CEO of a successful carrier is a far-from-frequent opportunity in today’s air transport world. I hope to meet and talk with as many of you as I can over the next few weeks. It’s you – the people in daily contact with our customers, and the people involved in the processes – who know best what’s working well and what could be improved. So I really look forward to your input here! Sincerely, Thomas Klühr 8 PEOPLE JX_Vb`XŅŅŅ8iXag The biggest SWISS party ever! LJnjDŽDŽ^UdbVPcWTaTSX] 7P]VPaLJPcIdaXRW0Xaport on the evening of 5aXSPhlj5TQadPahc^T]joy the biggest party in our company’s history and give a real SWISS welcome to our new 1^TX]VNjNjNj — EXgb;bø`Taa Around a third of the attendees were from our cockpit and cabin crew corps. And we were delighted to see over 270 of our colleagues from outside Switzerland, who had all made the journey to share and experience this truly landmark event. The organizing team of Marketing Events, Internal Communications, Human Resources and our Technical Division had done a wonderful job in creating a party atmosphere. The star of the show, of course, was our brand-new Boeing 777300ER HB-JNA, now resplendent in her special livery featuring the portrait pictures of 2,500 of our people from all parts of the company. Needless to say, many of the attendees spent a fair amount of time clustered around the aircraft trying to find themselves. The evening was packed with further highlights, too. They included a Grand Tombola with great prizes and with all ticket proceeds going to the SWISS Staff Foundation for Children in Need, the ever-popular Fun Photo corner and, of course, the food and drinks. PEOPLE 9 10 INSIDE SWISS Lauberhorn Ski Races A winning combination 0b^ÊRXP[PXa[X]Tc^cWT njNJcW8]cTa]PcX^]P[;PdQTaW^a]BZXAPRTb^] DžljDžNj9P]dPah^daR^\pany provided some memorable highlights at Switzerland’s biggest winter sports event, culminating in two spectacular flypasts by a freshly-named Airbus 0LJdžDž We asked Caroline Berchtold, our Manager Marketing Partner & Sponsoring and project leader for the event, what’s behind the partnership and how she experienced this year’s proceedings. 2Pa^[X]TfWPc¢bcWTcWX]Z ing behind our tie-up with cWT;PdQTaW^a]BZXAPRTb. We’re such a natural fit! SWISS and the Lauberhorn Ski Races are both classic Swiss brands that are known and admired all over the world. And we share the same values, too – not just our sheer “Swissness” but also the fact that, for all the top quality we offer, we’re both firmly rooted in the essentials of the experience concerned. That’s why we’ve been close partners since 2012. And what do we aim to get ^dc^UcWXbcTP\d_. Being our home country’s biggest winter sports event, the Lauberhorn Ski Races are an ideal platform for us to present ourselves to people as “The Airline of Switzerland”. The Lauberhorn is a classic, and it’s watched by tens of thousands live and over a million on TV. So it’s just the kind of event for us to “tell our own stories” at. And both sides can really benefit from the positive image transfer. 7^f_[TPbTSfTaTh^d with this year’s involve\T]c. Oh, it was a total success. And it was wonderfully staged in so many ways. The aircraft naming and the flypasts were the obvious highlights, of course; but it was also things like having members of our cabin crew at the official ceremonies, and our wonderful SWISS Lounge, which had a great location above the finish area. Read the full interview on My SWISS. INSIDE SWISS 11 IT project of the decade well under way PSS migrates! The project to move our Passenger Service System onto a new IT platU^a\\PaZTSP\PY^a \X[Tbc^]T^]Bd]SPhLJDž 9P]dPahfXcWcWT\XVaPtion of our Reservation, 8]eT]c^ahCXRZTcX]V (RIT) system to Amadeus. — ?h^Tf@__Xe The next step in the project will be to gradually migrate the Departure Control System (DCS) at our various stations to the new platform. That process will kick off with pilot stations Amsterdam, Madrid and Miami, and should be completed for all 70 of our stations by the end of June. Switching to Amadeus The whole undertaking was launched at the end of 2012, in view of the fact that our present systems agreement with Hewlett Packard (HP) will expire next year. After a detailed evaluation of the various options available, the decision was taken in February 2014 to migrate our Passenger Service System to the Amadeus platform. Amadeus is already used by Lufthansa and Austrian Airlines, and the project set out to put a particular emphasis on addressing customer needs in terms of the entire Lufthansa Group. The project is also being conducted in partnership with our sister group carrier Brussels Airlines, which was in a similar position with regard to HP. The decision to go with Ama- ŁĿ=TahTelľĿ-ľľ-V_bfXVb__TUbeTg\baUXgjXXaFJ<FF5ehffX_f4\e_\aXfTaW4`TWXhf!Photo: Didier Arnold deus was the starting gun for an entire PSS programme with 16 sub-projects. And while the initial “pre-project” had been conducted by a core team of 17, the project proper expanded to involve over 200. It is a massive undertaking. And it all has to be done, of course, in parallel with our day-to-day business and operations, and also alongside further major current projects such as the acquisition of our new Boeing 777s and Bombardier CSeries aircraft. džDŽDŽDŽbcPÉc^caPX] The project team has defined and developed the entire requirements for the new PSS and its 200 interfaces to peripheral systems. Three trial migrations were also performed in the second half of last year, to practise the cutover in detail and minimize errors. And since last September up to 2,000 people have been trained all over the world to use the new systems, and the new SWISSRes sales GUI in particular. After an intensive “final sprint” last month, the RIT cutover to Amadeus was effected on the night of 30-31 January. The RIT team is now working closely with Amadeus to activate further functions and rectify any problems. And on 16 February the DCS team will start migrating its 70 stations to Amadeus in a programme that should be concluded by the end of June. “We’re very proud of what we’ve achieved to date,” says programme director Guido Ruther. “And we’d like to say a big thank-you to everyone who’s been involved for all your commitment and support.” ŁĿ=TahTelľŅ-ľľ-g[XFB4gXT`\a5TfX_TYgXeg[XZb _\iXWXV\f\ba!Photo: Katrin Gordon (Lufthansa Systems) Thomas Benz, Project Manager EXfXeiTg\ba<aiXagbelG\V^Xg\aZ! Photo: Lukas Wirth Happy with the progress: Fredy JX[e_\Ceb]XVg@TaTZXe<G! Photo: Lukas Wirth FlfgX`V[XV^ bhgWhe\aZVhgbiXea\Z[g!Photo: Lukas Wirth ŁĿ=TahTelľŃ-ľľ]hfgUXYbeXg[XÏaT_WXV\f\bagbcXeYbe`g[XVhgbiXe! 9eb`_XYg-Hefh_T;ThfT``Taabhe69BEb_TaW5hfV[:h\WbEhg[Xe TaWCeTfTag[>e\f[aTa^hggl!Photo: Lukas Wirth 12 INSIDE SWISS 9TeX6baVXcg8hebcX SWISS Snow Team Well received, well established 6[T`cfbY8hebcX Last summer we introduced our new European fare concept, to even better address individual travellers’ ]TTSb;Tc¢bWPeTP[^^Z PccWTUPRcbP]S©VdaTb to date! — 6Tg[Xe\aX6beaTm Our SWISS Snow Team are the European team champions! And Stefanie Annen is the individual champion of Europe in the giant slalom, the slalom and the combination. The new fare concept that we launched on 23 June 2015 enhances our competitiveness in Europe as part of our SWISS journey to become the NextGeneration Airline of Switzerland. Overall the new concept has been well received by our customers, and the first few sales months have been above expectations. We have also paved the way here for our Lufthansa Group partners Lufthansa and Austrian Airlines: they followed our example, adopting the new concept for travel from October. G[XaXjUbb^\aZcTg[bafj\ff!Vb`\fXiXaXTf\XeYbeVhfgb`Xefgb Yb__bj!FVeXXaf[bg-FJ<FF!6B@ ment at Hub Zurich at all ground touchpoints (including the gate) has increased by dfi\k_XeĸĴ% LgkfĵĴ#ĴĴĴX[mXeZ\[j\Xk reservations on top of Classic and Light fares sold every week. When adopting the new fare concept we have also improved our customers’ online booking 5PRcb©VdaTb 9pk_\\e[f]ĶĴĵĹfm\iĽĴf] experience. Our new booking our European passengers were path on swiss.com is easy to unflying with the new concept. derstand, is widely acknowl Fli dfjk gfglcXi ]Xi\j Xi\ edged as an innovation in our Classic and Light, which are se- industry and has been a key lected in almost equal propor- factor in generating the hightions by the majority of our cus- est possible upsell to Classic tomers. and Flex fares. The new preFe\`eÓm\C`^_kgXjj\e^\ij flight email is also well estabbuys a first bag on top. So only lished as an important commuone third of all customers fly nication and an additional Light without any checked bag- sales touchpoint. This year we will further improve the attracgage. 8k?lYQli`Z_XeXm\iX^\f] tiveness of the Flex fare for the three to four bags per flight are very important segment of collected at the gate for over- business travellers flying in size/overweight reasons. Economy, by adding further Fli\oZ\jjYX^^X^\\eZXj_- benefits. Operational measures successful On the ground operations front we have established additional carry-on baggage checkpoints and implemented encashment at the gate at various airports, including Zurich and Geneva. We have also strengthened ground staffing in Zurich for flights with high seat load factors and/or a high proportion of Light passengers. Our operational key performance indicators (such as our Crew Reports) and independent measurements of the size and numbers of carry-on baggage items confirm that the actions we have taken in connection with the introduction of our carry-on-only fares have proven successful. But further carry-on baggage-related measures are also being evaluated. It was Scandinavian Airlines who hosted this year’s ASCA European Alpine Skiing Championships, which were held in Trysil, Norway from 28 to 31 January. Trysil is the country’s biggest ski resort, and it proved a wonderful setting for this year’s slalom and giant slalom competitions for European airlines. On the two race days of two runs each, our strong 15-member SWISS Snow Team competed against SAS, Lufthansa, Austrian Airlines and others. In the men’s slalom and giant slalom SAS racer Martin Fjellberg, a former junior world champi- on, was in unbeatable form, though our own Patrick Heiz (of our Technical Division) and Christian Daisenberger (Cockpit) came second and third. In the women’s events our cabin crew member Stefanie Annen was equally invincible, while fellow cabin crew member Nicole Haldi came second. A SWISS one-two! The excellent individual results gave our SWISS Snow Team their first European team title for 12 years! So well done to you all, including further team members Carla Loretan (4th in slalom and giant slalom), Sabine Buchner (5th in giant slalom and 6th in slalom), Manuela Durussel, Wolfgang Bayer (6th in slalom and giant slalom), Daniel Zürcher and Roger Weber. And many thanks as always to our partners SWISS, Kjus and Emosan for their constant support! Sabine Buchner 4gheUbfgTegYeb`bhef\_iXe`XWT__\fgCTge\V^;X\m! Photos: Sabine Buchner A SWISS Welcome Be a personal SWISS ambassador! Our international SWISS competition will reach a high point in early March when the guests from all over the world arrive in Zurich! Would you like to be part of "A SWISS Welcome"? As a personal SWISS ambassador, you choose whom you welcome at the airport and accompany to his or her hotel (to be allocated) in Zurich. The cost of public transport from the airport to the hotel will of course be paid by SWISS Marketing. As a thank-you for your help, you'll be invited to attend the The three fastest men: Patrick Heiz (SWISS), Martin Fjellberg (SAS) and 6[e\fg\Ta7T\fXaUXeZXeFJ<FF! Welcome Event at the Restaurant Uto Staffel in Zurich. This welcome celebration for our international guests, their Swiss hosts and all SWISS helpers promises to provide a memorable evening with culinary delights, musical entertainment and many Swiss highlights! This event will be held on Friday evening 4 March or Friday evening 11 March, depending on your guest's arrival date. More information on My SWISS. @XWT_fXa`TffX-6[e\fg\TaA\Vb_XCTge\V^FgXYTa\XTaWJb_YZTaZ! INSIDE SWISS 13 Health Management ÃGT^XTUeXT^Ä In our last Airmail we [^^ZTSPccWT0RRT_c who you are” aspect of our Ten Steps for MencP[ 7TP[cW CWXb cX\T we’re focusing on the importance of relaxacX^]B^fTPbZTS^da 25>A^[P]S1dbRWW^f he deals with this. — Barbara Schmid Roland, how do you relax after a tough day at work? Sport and exercise are my main methods here. I find it really helps to go jogging two or three evenings a week. In winter, I run a route of ten kilometres or so, from Bülach to Winkel and back. It really helps me switch off, and it’s often when I get my best ideas, too. I also find that good music will help me relax. And how do you achieve really deep relaxation? Breathing exercises: that’s a kind of “mini-meditation” for me. I breathe consciously in, hold my breath for a moment and then slowly breathe out. Each cycle takes about ten to fifteen seconds. If you want, you can also say something positive while you’re doing it, like “Inner calm, outer strength”. I also make a point of breathing right into my stomach: when we’re under stress we’ll often only breathe into the top of the lungs. So I practise this deep breathing whenever I think of it. How do you build breaks or moments of relaxation into your working day? When I was a student I would almost always have a “power nap” over lunch. I can’t do that any more, sadly, but I think it basically makes a lot of sense. In my current job, going down to the staff restaurant and having a coffee is a moment of relaxation. Or the time in the evening, when most people have gone home and the place is really quiet. When you go on vacation, PaTh^dPQ[Tc^bfXcRW ^É P]S[TPeTh^daf^aZ QTWX]S. That’s very difficult with today’s technology, because you’re always contactable. I think we all need to discipline ourselves better here: in days gone by, when we weren’t always reachable, things still worked! So when I’m on a ski vacation, for instance, I try to spend just ten minutes each evening checking my emails. I also deliberately plan my first two days back after vacation to ensure that I can work through all the mails. That helps me get back into things. And here, of course, I’m lucky to have the Bhe69BEb_TaW5hfV[bYgXagheafgbV_Tff\VT_`hf\VgbeX_TkTYgXeTgbhZ[jbe^\aZWTl!C[bgb-E!;bø`Taa great support of my assistant Pascale. Do you have any relaxation tips that you’d like to pass on? Well, last year, after almost 25 years in the business, I did give myself my first-ever longer “time-out” over the whole school summer holidays. It was quite an experience being able to be with my kids from morning till evening. It really refilled the tank, and I can warmly recommend it. What would you advise our people to do at times of major stress? Ask yourself again and again what’s really important at the end of the day. And it’s two things: health and happiness. That helps see things in a better perspective. It’s not always easy to do – as I find, too – but if you keep regularly asking yourself this fundamental question, then you’re halfway there! PMR, yoga and massage Are you familiar with the various relaxation options and opportunities that we offer at SWISS? Check them out at intranet.swiss.com/ healthcare. You’ll also find all the dates for our free introductions to Progressive Muscle Relaxation in February on MySWISS. 5XaXÏggb`Ub_T\aYTibhebYg[XFJ<FFFgTø9bhaWTg\ba SWISS management doubles the proceeds CWP]Zbc^^daVT]Ta^db sponsors, we had over ljDŽDŽUP]cPbcXR_aXiTbc^ give away at the tradicX^]P[QT]T©cc^\Q^[P organized as part of the FT[R^\TNjNjNj4eT]c^]lj February. Every single one of the tombola tickets was sold in under three hours, generating a total of 30,000 Swiss francs. In an extremely generous gesture, the SWISS management has added the same amount again, bringing the final sum to 60,000 francs. The proceeds will go in full to the SWISS Staff Foundation for Children in Need, and have been earmarked for a kindergarten in Harar, Ethiopia, a project to be completed in partnership with SOS Children's Villages. Peter Laasner, President of the SWISS Staff Foundation, is delighted with the result of this extremely successful tombola: "I would like to thank everyone who bought tickets, as well as all the helpers for their support. My sincere thanks are also due to the sponsors for their generosity in donating such fantastic prizes. A very special thankyou, also, to the SWISS management for its spontaneous and exceptionally generous gesture in doubling the proceeds. With the money generated by the tombola and the donation by the SWISS management, we can now look forward to completing the entire project in Ethiopia – we can all be very proud of what we have achieved!" Reto Schmid, Head of Human Resources, adds: "The SWISS Staff Foundation makes an important contribution to the well-being of children around the world. The SWISS management fully supports the initiatives taken by this foundation run by our own employees and has therefore decided to double the proceeds generated by the tombola." Party guests who bought tickets were in with a chance to win some great prizes including Lalique vases, a Kjus jacket, a night at the Park Hyatt in Zurich, vouchers for VIU sunglasses and a Victorinox wristwatch. We would like to express our sincere thanks to all our sponsors for their very generous support. Head of Human Resources Reto Schmid hands the President of the FJ<FFFgTø9bhaWTg\baYbe6[\_WeXa\aAXXWTV[XdhXYbe6;9ńľľľľ! C[bgb-EXgb;bø`Taa! 14 INSIDE SWISS G High Five "The PSS team is absolutely fantastic!" 6X_XUeTg\baf 1XacW 0UTff^aSbfXcW;Xi7Pb[Ta1dbX]TbbCXRZTcX]V4g_Tac?BB?a^YTRc — Monica Danuser and Karin Burgos Nicu Georgian Fruja, Senior Manager Revenue Management Strategy and Operations Research and his wife Karin became proud parents on ŀŁ4hZhfg!G[X\eWThZ[gXe?beeT\aX<fTUX__XTUbiXjX\Z[XWŀ!Ńņ^\_bf TgU\eg[TaWjTfłŅVXag\`XgeXf_baZ! Our colleagues Wolfgang and his wife Didem Zudrell also became cebhWcTeXagfbaŇBVgbUXe!G[X\efbaA\^_Tf6TaUX_bjjX\Z[XWł!ľ ^\_bfTgU\eg[TaWjTfŃŁVXag\`XgeXf_baZ!6baZeTgh_Tg\bafgblbhT__ ?\m;Tf_Xejbe^fgjbWTlfT`bag[bag[XFJ<FFg\V^XgWXf^TgMhe\V[4\ecbeg!F[X[TfT_`bfgŁľlXTef XkcXe\XaVXTfTg\V^XgfcXV\T_\fg!Photo: Karin Burgos Liz Hasler, the PSS (Passenger Service System) cutover from hp to Amadeus went entirely as planned at the end of January. Congratulations on a job well done! How do you feel now and how many night shifts did you have to work? I admit I'm really tired, but also very happy with the result! The past few months have been very busy: we had to stay fully focused and concentrated right up to the cutover. I knew the old system inside out, of course, but the new system was a complete mystery at first. It took a lot of hard work. But there was only one night shift, luckily – during the night of the actual "cutover", when we had to get the system testing finished. But we certainly clocked ;Xi7Pb[Ta in brief Liz Hasler, 48, did her apprenticeship with Swissair. She later worked in sales in Geneva and Basel before returning to Zurich. Her specialist area is ticketing, and she has occupied executive positions in sales and consulting. Liz has two children, aged 15 and 11. She works in our Passenger Care Centre and spends two days a month on the SWISS ticket desk at Zurich Airport. up a lot of overtime, spent mainly on the complex job of clarifying all the details before the actual cutover. “It was a privilege to be part of this project.” What exactly did the cutover involve and what was your job in particular? I joined the PSS team in midMarch 2015, initially for three months. My job is to make sure that the solutions we propose - in relation to ticketing, services and travel documents - conform to SWISS requirements when used on the Amadeus system. My main responsibility was ticketing. I was asked to study the Amadeus Ticket Changer (ATC) function and make it "operational" for SWISS. How do you feel about the project as a whole? The PSS team is absolutely fantastic. We're like a family! My colleagues are very calm and professional, with a wealth of know-how between us. We have to work with people right across the company, liaising with departments such as IT, with whom we had very little contact previously. It would have been good to have had a few more people working on the project. There's still a lot to do and we don't really have enough resources. It means we're always stretched to the limit trying to meet every challenge. There were times when we doubted it could actually be done. So we're all the more proud and grateful amongst ourselves that we managed to complete the cutover successfully. I have to admit we were a little sad to switch off the old system at the end of January. What's your normal role at SWISS? I spent eight years with Policies & Procedures, where I was responsible for our sales guidelines (for ticketing in particular). I transferred to our Passenger Care Centre (PCC) at the OPC in February 2015 (Irregularity Operation Management). So what are you looking forward to doing now that you have a bit more free time available? Free time? You're kidding! No, OK, I'm only joking. Well, I'm going skiing soon, for two weeks. Read the full interview on My SWISS. Next up Liz Hasler would like to see an interview with someone from Strategic Procurement. You’ll find more celebration photos on My SWISS. HcZeTWXbebúbTW New Year's Resolution 3XSh^dZTT_c^cWT=TfHTPab¢bATb^[dcX^]bh^d\PST U^adžDŽDžlj. 46.5% I never make them. 11.6% Of course! New Year‘s Resolutions 16.8% Not at all! 25.2% Well, yes and no... Next question: How do you like our "SWISS People's Plane"? You can give us your answer via My SWISS or the app beUlhf\aZg[XDEVbWXbag[Xe\Z[g! FLEET UPDATE 15 5b`UTeW\Xe6FXe\XfhcWTgX 9\efg6FĿľľÐ\Z[gj\g[TFJ<FFVeXj SWISS line pilots have ª^f]cWT]Tf1^\QPaSXTa2BDžDŽDŽU^acWT©abc time! The milestone ocRdaaTSPcDžNJ)DŽlj^]Džnj 9P]dPahP]ScWTW^]^da fell to our Chief Flight Instructor Captain Dani Nater and Technical Pilot Captain Axel Michelis. — Monica Danuser Twelve of our future Bombardier CSeries pilots have just completed three weeks of flight training in Montreal on the Bombardier CSeries, our new European twinjet. The group were warmly welcomed by Fred Cromer, Bombardier’s President Commercial Aircraft and Rob Dear, the company’s Vice President CSeries, and were well looked after by “Our Man in Montreal”, Senior Manager Aircraft Deliveries Gian Caligari. Following on from last summer’s training in Zurich and Montreal, this latest training tranche featured two days of technical training, eight hours in the simulator and another six hours on the first production CS100. All in all the training saw 154 landings performed and 70 hours of flying experience accumulated. “The whole thing was really well prepared by Bombardier,” says Peter Koch, our Bombardier CSeries Programme Manager. “And for a while our SWISS team was a firm fixture in Mirabel!” Also Bombardier Chief Pilot Esteban Arias was very excited and impressed by the flying skills of our SWISS pilots. All the flying went according to plan, with a Bombardier flying instructor in the righthand seat and a safety pilot and a test flight engineer in the cabin. Each flight featured two SWISS pilots, one in the lefthand seat and the other in the jumpseat. Our people, who are coming to the CSeries from Avro, Airbus or Embraer equipment, were very impressed with the new CS100: “easy to fly”, “intuitive”, “great aerodynamics” and “good automation support” were just a few of the comments heard. They also warmed to the cockpit avionics, BheFJ<FFceb]XVggXT`TaW5b`UTeW\XeÆfeXceXfXagTg\iXfTeXWX_\Z[gXWj\g[g[XÏefgFJ<FF6FXe\XfT\eVeTYg! Photos: Bombardier especially the airport moving maps and the large navigation displays. Watch the video of the first flight by SWISS pilots on the CS100 on My SWISS. 7baX6[\XY9_\Z[g<afgehVgbe6TcgT\a7Ta\ATgXeTaWGXV[a\VT_C\_bg 6TcgT\a4kX_@\V[X_\f[TiX]hfgVb`c_XgXWg[X\eÏefggeT\a\aZceb ZeT``Xbabhe6FĿľľ! Advertisement Umfassend und exklusiv: der Versicherungsschutz von Helvetia – auch wenn zuhause mal der Tiefkühler ausfällt. Rundumschutz dank dem kostenlosen «all risks»-Zusatz. Nach der Rückkehr aus unseren Ferien bemerkten wir, dass die Tiefkühltruhe wegen eines technischen Defekts ausgestiegen und abgetaut war. Wir fragen uns, ob wir tiefgekühlte Pizzen und Filets eigentlich versichern könnten? Mit «all risks» können Sie aber noch viele weitere Risiken abdecken. Fällt beispielsweise Ihre Fotokamera auf einer Reise aus der Tasche und wird dabei beschädigt, wird der Schaden ebenso beglichen wie der Reisekoffer mit Inhalt, der auf dem Weg zu Ihrer Feriendestination verloren geht. Ja, das können Sie bei Helvetia tatsächlich. Und als SWISS-Mitarbeitende sogar kostenlos. In Ihrer Helvetia Hausratversicherung ist die Zusatzdeckung «all risks» gleich eingeschlossen. Damit ist der Inhalt Ihrer Tiefkühltruhe in solchen Fällen versichert. Zugegeben, solche Schäden können rasch die Grenze von 2000 Franken überschreiten, bis zu welcher diese Versicherung ohne Zusatzprämie abgeschlossen werden kann. Gegen einen geringen Aufpreis lassen sich auch höhere Schadensummen versichern. Ihre Schweizer Versicherung. So geniessen Sie mit Helvetia rund um die Welt einen umfassenden, auf Ihre Bedürfnisse zugeschnittenen, Schutz. Sichern Sie sich dieses exklusive Angebot und lassen Sie sich direkt von unserem Team zu den weiteren Vorteilen der Angebote für SWISS-Mitarbeitende beraten. Helvetia Versicherungen Spezialagentur Flughafen Operation Center 1 – Büro D1 0-218 8058 Zürich-Flughafen Tel. 044 564 24 24 (intern 4-2424) www.helvetia.ch/swiss, [email protected] 16 B=0?B7>CB SWISS Pixels ;bgbøg[XceXff- Tango auf Packeis Author, journalist and former Swissair PR manager Urs von Schroeder has just published “Tango auf Packeis – Unterwegs mit meinem Hermes-Baby”, a 500-page account of his many travels all over the globe, for work and for pleasure. His journey is always a search for himself, too; and it’s one that he takes the reader on to intriguing effect. CWaTTQ^^Zbc^fX] We have three copies of “Tango auf Packeis” to give away in our prize draw. If you’d like to win one, just send an email with the subject “Packeis” to airmail@ swiss.com by Monday 29 February. Good luck! Urs von Schroeder Tango auf Packeis Edition Leu CHF 39.00 ISBN 978-3-85667-136-1 FcXV\T_fgTøbøXe SWISS Magazine city guides Mumbai, San Francisco, Tel Aviv …? For the first time ever, we have compiled all nine of the popular city guides that were featured in last year’s SWISS Magazines into an exclusive reference work. The result: an invaluable collection of top travel tips for hotels, restaurants and cultural attractions, all locally researched for you! Be sure to obtain your co- py of this brand-new travel guide – aboard our flights (longhaul), or at swiss-shop.com. džDŽRXchVdXSTbc^fX] We have 20 city guides to give away in our prize draw. If you’d like to win one, just send an email with the subject “city guide” (German or English) to [email protected] by Sunday, 28 February. Good luck! 4aWe\5ggaXe4\eUhf4Łŀľ9\efgBùVXeVTcgheXWg[\fZeXTgi\XjbiXe g[X4_XgfV[:_TV\Xe! Do you have a great picture you’ve taken? FXaW\ggbT\e`T\_3fj\ff!Vb` You’ll find more SWISS Pixels on My SWISS. 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