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Swiss International Air Lines AG Wikipedia linkSwiss 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.
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SWISS Airline
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. According to Marcel Biedermann, the managing director of intercontinental markets for Swiss, there were three possibilities: stay independent as a niche carrier, shrink to an unrecognisable level, or attach to another airline group. The last choice was taken. Swiss talked to Air France–KLM, British Airways, and Lufthansa. However, Swiss was tied up with debt and an uncertain future and seemed to be an unattractive investment. After merging with KLM, Air France said they were too busy to deal with the Swiss joining them[dubious – discuss]. British Airways was open, and Oneworld partners thought Zurich Airport would be a viable alternative hub for London Heathrow.
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| Founded | 26 March 1931 | ||||||
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| Ceased operations | 31 March 2002 (operations transferred to Crossair, which later became Swiss International Air Lines |
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| Frequent-flyer program | Qualiflyer | ||||||
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| Parent company | Swissair Group (SAirGroup) | ||||||
| Headquarters | Kloten, Zürich, Switzerland | ||||||
Aircraft Inventory TWA aircraft.
Trans World Airlines fleet
(at time of acquisition)
Airbus A220-100 9 — 125 125 Launch customer.
Airbus A220-300 21 — 145 145
Airbus A320-200 12 — 180 180 8 aircraft inherited from Swissair.
Airbus A320neo 6 11Original order for ten with seven options to firm orders.
Airbus A321-100 3 — 219 219 All aircraft inherited from Swissair.
Airbus A321neo 4 4 215 Original order for five with three options to firm orders.
Airbus A330-300 14 — 8 45 — 183 236 — 4 43 21 159 227
Airbus A340-300 4 — 8 42 21 144 215 To be retired and replaced by
Airbus A350-900 by mid 2025.
Airbus A350-900 — 5 3 45 38 156 242
Airbus A340-300s.
Boeing 777-300ER 12 — 8 62 24 226 320
Aircraft former Inventory Flying boats
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 175 24 2017 Airbus A220-300
Embraer ERJ-145 25 2007 Airbus A320 family
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 2000 31 2005
Avro RJ100
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Ongoing heritage
On December 16, 2013, Doug Parker, CEO of American Airlines Group, announced that TWA heritage aircraft would be added in the future, "We will continue that tradition at American, including introducing a TWA aircraft in the future and keeping a US Airways livery aircraft. That also means we will keep a heritage American livery in the fleet". On November 16, 2015, American painted a 737-823 in the TWA livery (with American titles, as shown to the right). The last of the TWA MD-83s stayed in service until September 2019. This was the last Trans World Airlines, Inc. aircraft in the American Airlines fleet.
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General characteristics
Crew: 5 (Pilot, Copilot, Navigator, Flight Engineer, Radio Operator)Capacity: 47-106 PassengersLength: 113 ft 7 in (34.62 m)Wingspan: 123 ft (37 m)Height: 24 ft 9 in (7.54 m)Wing area: 1,650 sq ft (153 m2)
Powerplant
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- Empty weight: 26,407 lb (11,978 kg)
- Gross weight: 48,540 lb (22,017 kg)
- Max takeoff weight: (26,082 kg)
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Powerplant:
- 4 × Wright R-3350 972-TC-18DA-1 Duplex-Cyclone 18-cylinder air-cooled radial piston engines, 3,250 hp (2,420 kW) each
- Propellers: 3-bladed Hamilton Standard Hydromatic 43H60, 16 ft 10 in (5.13 m) diameter constant-speed fully-feathering Duralumin propellers
Specifications
Maximum speed: 330 mph (530 km/h, 290 kn)
Cruise speed: 304 mph (489 km/h, 264 kn)
Range: 5,150 mi (8,290 km, 4,480 nmi)Service ceiling: 25,700 ft (7,800 m)
Armament
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