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Swiss International Air Lines was formed before the 2001 bankruptcy of Swissair, Switzerland's former flag carrier. The failed airline's biggest creditors, Credit Suisse and UBS, arranged to sell Swissair's assets to Crossair, the regional counterpart to the transatlantic Swissair (both Swissair and Crossair were under the same holding company, called SRGroup). Crossair then changed its name to SWISS, and the new national airline started its operations on March 31, 2002.Swiss International Air Lines operates mainly from Zurich International Airport in Zürich, Switzerland and Cointrin International Airport in Geneva, Switzerland. Swiss International Air Lines uses the IATA Call Code LX, which it inherited from Crossair (Swissair's code was SR).
After two series of significant downsizing, SWISS currently operates a fleet of 81 aircraft, of which 20 are long-haul, 22 medium-haul, and 39 regional aircraft. The following is a list of the current SWISS fleet at January 20042004 is a leap year starting on Thursday (the link is to a full 2004 calendar), and has also been designated the: International Year of Rice International Year to Commemorate the Struggle against Slavery and its Abolition Elections are to be held in 73 co:
- Airbus A319
- Airbus A320The Airbus A320 is a short to medium range commercial passenger aircraft manufactured by Airbus Industrie. It is the best-selling passenger aircraft in the world (at 2003) and was the first airliner with a digital fly-by-wire flight control system, where
- Airbus A321
- Airbus A330The Airbus A330 is a large-capacity medium-to-long-range commercial passenger airplane manufactured by Airbus Industrie. It was developed at the same time as the four-engined A340. Airbus intended the A330 to compete directly in the ETOPS (Extended Twin-e
- Airbus A340The Airbus A340 is a long-range widebody commercial passenger airplane manufactured by Airbus Industrie. It is similar in design to the sister, the A330 but uses four engines rather than two. It has one of the longest ranges of any commercial airliner. (currently being delivered)
- MD-11 (currently being phased out)
- Avro RJ 85
- Avro RJ 100
- Embraer ERJ 145
- Saab 2000
By the year 2006, SWISS plans to phase out the Avro RJ's as well as the Saab 2000 with the introduction of the Embraer 170 and 195's which are currently undergoing final testing and certification.
After almost a year of disputes, SWISS was finally accepted in the oneworld Airline alliance, after having been blocked by British Airways, with which SWISS competes on many long-haul routes. On June 3, 2004, SWISS announced its decision not to join oneworld because SWISS didn't want to integrate its current frequent flyer program into oneworld's Executive Club .
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