Amazing Swiss International Air Lines AG, colloquially known as SWISS, is the flag carrier of Switzerland and a subsidiary of the Lufthansa Group, as well as a Star Alliance member. It operates scheduled services in Europe and to North America, South America, Africa and Asia. Zurich Airport serves as its sole hub and Geneva Airport as a focus city.
Amazing Swiss International Air Lines AG
The airline was formed following the bankruptcy in 2002 of Swissair, Switzerland's then-flag carrier. The new airline was built around what had been Swissair's regional subsidiary, Crossair. Swiss retains Crossair's IATA code LX (Swissair's code was SR).
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Swiss was formed after the 2002 bankruptcy of Swissair, Switzerland's former flag carrier. Forty percent of Crossair's income came from Swissair. The new airline lost US$1.6 billion from 2002 to 2005. Swissair's biggest creditors, Credit Suisse and UBS, sold part of Swissair's assets to Crossair, which had been Swissair's regional counterpart. At the time, both Swissair and Crossair were part of the same holding company, SAirGroup. Crossair later changed its name to Swiss International Air Lines, and the new national airline officially started operations on 31 March 2002. The airline was initially owned by institutional investors (61.3%), the Swiss Confederation (20.3%), cantons and communities (12.2%), and others (6.2%). Swiss also owns subsidiaries Swiss Sun (100%) and Crossair Europe (99.9%). It has a total of 7,383 employees.
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Current Aircraft Inventory Swiss International Airline
As of October 2023, Swiss International Air Lines operates the following aircraft. Additionally, Helvetic Airways operates ten Embraer 190s on behalf of Swiss. Following Helvetic Airways' acquisition of the type, Helvetic Airways will also operate Embraer 190-E2 aircraft on behalf of Swiss.
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| Airbus A220-100 | 9 | — | 125 | Launch customer. | ||||
| Airbus A220-300 | 21 | — | 145 | |||||
| Airbus A320-200 | 12 | — | 180 | 8 aircraft inherited from Swissair. 1 aircraft painted in Star Alliance livery. |
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| Airbus A320neo | 6 | 11 | Original order for ten with seven options to firm orders. | |||||
| Airbus A321-100 | 3 | — | 219 | All aircraft inherited from Swissair. | ||||
| Airbus A321-200 | 3 | — | ||||||
| Airbus A321neo | 4 | 4 | 219 | Original order for five with three options to firm orders. Some orders can be changed to Airbus A321LR. |
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| Airbus A330-300 | 14 | — | 236 | |||||
| — | 227 | |||||||
| Airbus A340-300 | 4 | — | 215 | To be retired and replaced by Airbus A350-900 by mid 2025. | ||||
| Airbus A350-900 | — | 5 | 242 | Deliveries from mid 2025 as part of a Lufthansa order to replace Airbus A340-300s. | ||||
| Boeing 777-300ER | 12 | — | 320 | The first and only Boeing aircraft in the fleet. | ||||
| Total | 88 | 20 | ||||||
Operations
Retired fleet
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Swiss International Air Lines retired aircraft
Aircraft Total Introduced Retired Replacement Notes/Ref
Airbus A319-100 8 2002 2020
Airbus A220-300 Taken over from Swissair.
Airbus A330-200 15 2012
Airbus A330-300
Avro RJ85 4 2007
Airbus A320 family Taken over from Crossair.
Embraer ERJ-145 25 2007
Airbus A320 family
Embraer ERJ-175 24 2017
Airbus A220-300
McDonnell Douglas MD-11 16 2005
Airbus A340-300 Taken over from Swissair.
McDonnell Douglas MD-82 1 2003
Airbus A320 family Taken over from Crossair.
McDonnell Douglas MD-83 10 2002 2005
Saab 340B 2 2004
Avro RJ85
Saab 200031 2005
Avro RJ100
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| National origin | Brazil |
| Manufacturer | Embraer |
| First flight | 19 February 2002 |
| Introduction | 17 March 2004 with LOT Polish Airlines |
| Status | In service |
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