Swiss International Air Lines
Swiss International Air Lines (SWISS) is Switzerland’s largest air carrier. With one of Europe’s most advanced and carbon-efficient aircraft fleets, SWISS is a premium airline that provides direct flights from Zurich and Geneva to keep Switzerland connected with Europe and the world. Its Swiss WorldCargo division offers an extensive range of airport-to-airport airfreight services for high-value, time-critical and care-intensive consignments.
As The Airline of Switzerland, SWISS embodies its home country’s traditional values and is dedicated to delivering the highest product and service quality.
The company has also committed to the ambitious climate goals of halving its 2019 net carbon dioxide emissions by 2030 and making its operations entirely carbon-neutral by 2050, particularly by promoting the use of sustainable aviation fuels. SWISS is part of the Lufthansa Group and is also a member of Star Alliance, the world’s biggest airline network.
Our work environment
With SWISS as an employer, you can expect that decisive ‘something more’ when it comes to appeal.
If detail creates a love for detail, if quality engenders high-quality hospitality, nationality leads to internationalism, change brings about a richness of variety, a job becomes an experience, from SWISS comes a world full of inspiration.
Aviation has always fascinated everyone, young and old, all around the globe, and as a Swiss airline company, SWISS is one of the world’s leading airlines. And it is very easy to explain who we have to thank for this: our more than 9,000 employees with their special passion for flying. We do a great deal to give our employees outstanding perspectives and we value every personal contribution however small it may be.
Friendly workspace
Our work concept is strongly built on an effective work-life balance. This includes the option of working from home, unpaid leave and the placement of children in the nearby nursery. At the office, in addition to ergonomic workstations, we offer a roof terrace with a garden, as well as Move & Relax Events. These include massages at the workplace and company sports teams. These include football, ice hockey and running teams, as well as lunchtime yoga sessions three times a week.
Our culture
Our strength lies in the exceptional service we offer on a person-to-person basis, this is what makes each flight a true air travel experience, worldwide. The SWISS corporate culture is the foundation that underpins our thoughts and actions.
It is the shared pursuit of continually improving and always being open to new ideas. In this way, our interactions are based on mutual appreciation and trust, and we believe in complete collaboration.
We are driven by a passion for exceptional performance, in the spirit of our guiding principle, “Being SWISS means going the extra mile – always”. This is why we always take responsibility for what we do and get the job done – that is our defining quality and why we keep finding new ways to make SWISS stronger and better.
The SWISS company culture plays a decisive role in our ability to turn participation into teamwork, obligation into dependability, an employer into a mentor and a service into added value. Our employees are happy to talk about this culture in their own words, because our motto is: Truly SWISS… where people matter.