SWISS will be recruiting 700 new personnel between now and the end of March 2020, as the airline continues to expand.
The delivery and entry into service of the two further Boeing 777 aircraft in the first quarter of 2020 will create over 300 new jobs at SWISS in the cockpit, cabin and technical fields.
SWISS will invest CHF 8 billion in its fleet over a 10-year period.
Over 500 new cabin crew members will be recruited between October 2019 and March 2020, A total of 230 new pilots will also join the company between 2019 and 2021 to meet the rising cockpit crewing needs. An average of 25 pilots are needed to operate each long-haul aircraft.