SWISS has introduced its new Airbus A350-900 with a four-class cabin featuring the airline’s SWISS Senses interiors. The aircraft accommodates 242 passengers, including 38 in Premium Economy, with new First Class suites, several Business Class seating options and updated Economy seats.
The A350 entered passenger service in October 2025, initially operating European flights before making its first long-haul journey from Zurich to Boston on 20 November 2025.
The airline has since expanded its A350 operations. By September 2026, SWISS had received three aircraft, named Lausanne, Delémont and Zug. The A350 is scheduled to operate flights to Johannesburg and Shanghai during the winter 2026/27 season.
Updated 23 October 2026: This article was originally published in September 2023, when SWISS announced the cabin configuration for its forthcoming Airbus A350-900 fleet. It has been updated to reflect the aircraft’s entry into passenger service, current SWISS Senses cabin features, A350 routes and fleet deliveries, and the airline’s A330 cabin retrofit programme.
SWISS Airbus A350-900 seat map and cabin configuration
The SWISS A350-900 accommodates 242 passengers across four cabins:
| Cabin | Seats |
|---|---|
| First Class | 3 |
| Business Class | 45 |
| Premium Economy | 38 |
| Economy Class | 156 |
| Total | 242 |
The aircraft has a larger Premium Economy cabin than earlier SWISS long-haul configurations, reflecting demand for more space and additional services without the cost of Business Class.
SWISS Senses also introduces greater privacy in First and Business Class, new cabin lighting, larger entertainment screens and additional personal charging facilities.
View SWISS’s official A350 specifications.
Inside SWISS Senses Premium Economy
Premium Economy has 38 seats on the A350, making it a substantial part of the aircraft’s passenger accommodation.
Unlike First and Business Class, the Premium Economy seat is not an entirely new design introduced with SWISS Senses. SWISS retained the seat concept it had already introduced on its long-haul fleet.
The seat measures approximately 48 centimetres (18.9 inches) wide and offers around one metre (39 inches) of seat pitch.
Its fixed-shell design allows passengers to recline without moving the seatback into the space of the person behind them.
Premium Economy also provides a separate cabin and an upgraded inflight service compared with Economy.
For travellers considering an upgrade, the principal benefits are the additional personal space, wider seat and greater recline. The A350’s 38-seat cabin gives SWISS more capacity to sell this intermediate product on long-haul flights.
Fellow Lufthansa Group airline Edelweiss is also upgrading its long-haul cabins. Its new Airbus A350 interiors will introduce redesigned premium seating and complimentary Starlink connectivity from 2027.
Inside SWISS Senses Economy Class
The A350 Economy cabin has 156 seats.
SWISS has introduced updated seats with personal storage, USB charging and entertainment screens measuring more than 13 inches.
The cabin uses a revised seat design intended to improve usable personal space. Passengers also benefit from the A350’s wider cabin environment, updated lighting and entertainment technology.
Seats in certain forward rows offer additional legroom, although availability and charges depend on the seat selected and the flight.
Passengers should consult the airline’s current seat map before booking an extra-legroom seat.
Inside SWISS Senses First Class
The new SWISS First suites offer their guests total privacy with closable sliding doors, a spacious personal wardrobe, a large seat table, seat heating and cooling, a wireless charging station, and a screen display as wide as the suite itself.
Two can travel together in the cabin’s center suite. The suites’ warm colors and wood finishes convey a strong sense of luxury, comfort, and calm with private-jet quality surroundings.
The new SWISS First cabin also features an advanced and spacious new washroom (lavatory). The design draws inspiration from the famous spring in Vals in Canton Graubünden. It has a slate-black exterior and a green interior, alluding to the fresh and cooling water of the spring.
SWISS Senses shares several design features with Lufthansa’s Allegris A350 cabins, including enclosed First Class suites and a choice of Business Class seating arrangements.
Inside SWISS Senses Business Class
SWISS Business: Addressing a wide array of passenger preferences, the cabin provides:
- Classic business seats
- Double seats for co-travelers
- Sliding doors for selected seats
- Heating, cooling, and wireless charging facilities.
The totally redesigned SWISS Business cabin meets a wide range of passenger needs. In addition to ‘classic’ Business Class seats, the new cabin offers various further seating options, such as double seats for passengers traveling together. Select seats feature a sliding door for privacy.
All the new SWISS Business seats feature seat heating and cooling and a wireless charging station. The cabin’s top-quality materials in claret and anthracite help convey an extremely cozy and intimate ambiance throughout.
Airlines are taking different approaches to premium cabin privacy. Delta is introducing new Delta One suites on its forthcoming A350-1000s, with further upgrades planned for its A330 fleet.
Video Tour Inside the SWISS Senses Cabin
A Strategic Move to Meet Demand
The emphasis on a larger Premium Economy Class, with 38 seats, is a strategic move. SWISS recognizes the growing demand for this premium segment, especially among leisure travelers.
“Through their carefully conceived spatial design, all our seating classes aboard our aircraft will offer our guests a totally new and unparalleled air travel experience,” said SWISS’s Chief Commercial Officer, Tamur Goudarzi Pour when the SWISS senses cabin was first announced in 2023. “With our new cabin concept, we will still remain the only major airline in the world to offer a First Class cabin on all its long-haul aircraft. We will also be increasing the size of our Premium Economy Class, which has proved very popular. And in both these respects, we are further clearly positioning SWISS as Europe’s leading premium airline.”
Dieter Vranckx, the CEO of SWISS, said of the new cabin interiors: “This is the most comprehensive cabin renewal in our company’s history. As a premium airline, we want to pay due and full regard to our customers’ desire for more individuality. And with this extremely high-quality product, we can continue to meet all our high aspirations.”
Redefined Interiors and Enhanced Comfort
SWISS’s ambition to redefine luxury and comfort is evident:
- Colors and Materials: The cabins have adopted muted shades of claret, anthracite, and beige. This sophisticated color scheme exudes calm and comfort.
- SWISS First & Business: One of the significant introductions is SWISS’s first-ever suites in the SWISS First and some sections of the SWISS Business classes.
- Human-Centric Lighting: All cabins will boast new lighting that counters jet lag, ensuring passengers feel refreshed.
- State-of-the-art Entertainment: Bigger screens and connectivity options for passengers’ personal devices ensure entertainment is always at hand.
SWISS Senses: Lighting, cabin comfort and connectivity
SWISS Senses extends beyond the seats.
The cabin uses a lighting system that changes throughout the flight to reflect the time of day and support passengers’ natural sleep patterns.
The A350 also offers higher cabin humidity, improved cabin pressure and a quieter interior compared with the older aircraft it is replacing. These features are intended to improve comfort, particularly on long flights.
Across the four cabins, SWISS has introduced updated entertainment and charging technology, with differences in screen size and equipment according to travel class.
The interior colour scheme combines claret, anthracite and beige with warm materials and finishes.
Where does SWISS fly its A350-900?
SWISS began A350 passenger operations on 25 October 2025 with a flight from Zurich to Palma de Mallorca.
The aircraft’s first full SWISS Senses long-haul service followed on 20 November 2025, when it operated from Zurich to Boston.
The A350 subsequently joined the airline’s Seoul services during the 2026 summer schedule.
For winter 2026/27, SWISS has announced A350 operations between Zurich and Johannesburg, along with selected Zurich–Shanghai services.
SWISS A350 routes and aircraft information.
Aircraft assignments can change, so passengers specifically booking to experience SWISS Senses should confirm the aircraft type and cabin layout when selecting their flights.
SWISS Senses is coming to the A330 fleet
SWISS is extending the new cabin concept beyond its factory-delivered A350s.
The airline began its Airbus A330-300 retrofit programme in 2026, with the first aircraft undergoing refurbishment in Hong Kong.
SWISS expects to complete the A330 programme by mid-2028. The work will introduce SWISS Senses to more of the airline’s existing long-haul fleet.
The A350 introduction is also part of a broader fleet renewal. SWISS plans to receive ten A350-900 aircraft in total, replacing older Airbus A340-300s over time.
For passengers, the key distinction is that the A350 comes from the factory with SWISS Senses, while the A330 cabins are being updated gradually. Travellers should check the aircraft and seat map when booking, particularly during the transition.
For another four-class A350 configuration, see FlightChic’s STARLUX Airbus A350 cabin guide, covering its First, Business, Premium Economy and Economy seats.
