Swiss (LX, Zurich) is cancelling 1,400 flights during the 2025 summer season, 1.5% of its total scheduled departures, due to a shortage of pilots and lack of aircraft. A spokesperson told ch-aviation that the company is cutting flights on short- and medium-haul routes as well as in its long-haul network, mainly to Shanghai Pudong and Chicago O’Hare, until October.

Swiss said the issues had multiple causes, including a new collective labour agreement, which reduced pilots’ working hours, and an accumulation of sick…

Source: ch aviation
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