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Swiss International Airlines Information

Swiss International Airlines History

Swiss International Air Lines is a major airline of Switzerland. It operated scheduled services in North America and Europe, Asia, Africa and South America. Its main center is Zürich Airport (ZRH). Swiss is an auxiliary of German airline Lufthansa. It has its head office at Euro Airport Basel-Mulhouse-Freiburg in Saint-Louis, Haut-Rhin, France, close to Basel, Switzerland. It has a workplace at the Zürich Airport in Kloten, Switzerland.

Swiss uses IATA Code LX that it took over from Swiss local airline Cross air (Swissair's code was SR). And the ICAO code is SWR, innate from Swissair to stay global traffic rights.

Swiss International Airlines History

After insolvency of Swissair, Switzerland's earlier flag carrier, this airline was made. Fatalities of new airline totaled $1.6 billion from set up until 2005. It’s leading creditors, UBS and Credit Suisse and sold division of Swissair's assets to Cross air, the regional counterpart to the transatlantic Swissair (both Cross air and Swissair were under similar holding company, called SAirGroup). Later Cross air altered its name to Swiss and new nationalize airline began its operations legitimately on 31st March 2002. First the airline was owned through cantons and communities (12.2%), Swiss Confederation (20.3%), institutional investors (61.3%) and others (6.2%). It owns auxiliary companies Swiss Sun (100%) and Cross air Europe (99.9%). It has a sum of 7383 workers.

Swiss International Airlines Subsidiaries

The subsequent corporations are division of Swiss International Air Lines Group:

• Swiss Aviation Software
• Edelweiss Air
• Swiss European Air Lines
• Swiss Aviation Training
• Swiss Virtual Airline
• Swiss Private Aviation
• Swiss World Cargo

Swiss International Airlines Destinations

In the year of 2009, the airline declared a big expansion at Euro Airport Basel-Mulhouse-Freiburg in an effort to win support market share from funds airlines using airport.

Swiss International Airlines Code share partners

Note: This list includes Star Alliance members .

Swiss International Airline Head office

It has its head office at the Euro Airport Basel-Mulhouse-Freiburg in Saint-Louis, France, Haut-Rhin, near Basel, Switzerland. The present Swiss International airlines headquarters was previously the head office of Cross air. In the year of 2002, name “Cross Air” was renamed with "Swiss International Air Lines" on head office building.

Swiss International Airlines Destinations

Swiss International Airlines Destinations in Africa

• Cameroon
  • Douala - Douala Airport
  • Yaoundé - Nsimalen International Airport
• Egypt
  • Cairo - Cairo International Airport
• Kenya
  • Nairobi - Jomo Kenyatta Airport
• South Africa
  • Johannesburg - OR Tambo Airport
• Tanzania
  • Dar es Salaam - Julius Nyerere Airport

Swiss International Airlines Destinations in Americas

Swiss International Airlines Destinations in North America

• Canada
  • Montreal - Montreal-Pierre Elliott Trudeau International Airport
• United States
  • Boston - Logan International Airport
  • Chicago - O'Hare International Airport
  • Los Angeles - Los Angeles International Airport
  • Miami - Miami International Airport
  • New York City - John F. Kennedy International Airport
  • Newark - Newark Liberty International Airport

Swiss International Airlines Destinations in South America

• Brazil
  • São Paulo - Guarulhos International Airport

Swiss International Airlines Destinations in Asia

Swiss International Airlines Destinations in East Asia

• China
  • Hong Kong - Hong Kong International Airport
  • Shanghai - Shanghai Pudong International Airport
• Japan
  • Tokyo - Narita Airport

Swiss International Airlines Destinations in South Asia

• India
  • Delhi - Indira Gandhi International Airport
  • Mumbai - Chhatrapati Shivaji International Airport

Swiss International Airlines Destinations in Southeast Asia

• Thailand
  • Bangkok - Suvarnabhumi Airport

Swiss International Airlines Destinations in Southwest Asia

• Cyprus
  • Larnaca - Larnaca Airport seasonal
• Israel
  • Tel Aviv - Ben Gurion Airport
• Oman
  • Muscat - Seeb Airport
• Saudi Arabia
  • Jeddah - King Abdulaziz International Airport
  • Riyadh - King Khalid International Airport
• Turkey
  • Istanbul - Atatürk International Airport
• United Arab Emirates
  • Dubai - Dubai International Airport

Swiss International Airlines Destinations in Europe

Swiss International Airlines Destinations in Central Europe

• Austria
  • Vienna - Vienna International Airport
• Czech Republic
  • Prague - Ruzyně Airport
• Germany
  • Berlin - Tegel Airport
  • Düsseldorf - Düsseldorf Airport
  • Frankfurt - Frankfurt am Main Airport
  • Hamburg - Hamburg Airport
  • Hanover - Langenhagen Airport
  • Munich - Franz Josef Strauss Airport
  • Nuremberg - Nuremberg Airport
  • Stuttgart - Echterdingen Airport
• Hungary
  • Budapest - Ferihegy Airport
• Poland
  • Warsaw - Frederic Chopin Airport
• Switzerland
  • Geneva - Cointrin Airport Focus City
  • Lugano - Agno Airport
  • Zürich - Zürich Airport Hub

Swiss International Airlines Destinations in Eastern Europe

• Bulgaria
  • Sofia - Sofia Airport
• Romania
  • Bucharest - Otopeni Airport
• Russia
  • Moscow - Domodedovo Airport
  • Saint Petersburg - Pulkovo Airport

Swiss International Airlines Destinations in Southern Europe

• Greece
  • Athens - Eleftherios Venizelos Airport
  • Thessaloniki - Thessaloniki International Airport, "Makedonia"
• Italy
  • Florence - Peretola Airport
  • Milan - Malpensa Airport
  • Rome - Leonardo da Vinci-Fiumicino Airport
  • Venice - Marco Polo Airport
• Portugal
  • Faro - Faro Airport [seasonal]
  • Lisbon - Portela Airport
  • Porto - Francisco de Sá Carneiro Airport [begins 4 July]
• Serbia
  • Belgrade - Belgrade Nikola Tesla Airport
  • Pristina - Pristina International Airport
• Spain
  • Barcelona - El Prat Airport
  • Las Palmas de Gran Canaria - Gran Canaria Airport
  • Madrid - Barajas Airport
  • Málaga - Málaga Airport
  • Palma de Mallorca - Son Sant Joan Airport
  • Tenerife - Tenerife South Airport [seasonal]
  • Valencia - Valencia Airport

Swiss International Airlines Destinations in Western Europe

• Belgium
  • Brussels - Brussels Airport
• Denmark
  • Copenhagen - Kastrup Airport
• France
  • Lyon - Lyon-Saint Exupéry Airport
  • Mulhouse - EuroAirport Basel-Mulhouse-Freiburg Focus City
  • Nice - Côte d'Azur Airport
  • Paris - Roissy-Charles de Gaulle Airport
• Ireland
  • Dublin - Dublin Airport
• Luxembourg
  • Luxembourg - Findel Airport
• Netherlands
  • Amsterdam - Schiphol Airport
• Norway
  • Oslo - Oslo Airport, Gardermoen
• Sweden
  • Stockholm - Arlanda Airport
• United Kingdom
  • Birmingham - Birmingham International Airport
  • London
    • London City Airport
    • London Heathrow Airport
  • Manchester - Manchester Airport

Swiss International Airlines Terminated Destinations

Swiss International Airlines Terminated Destinations in Africa

• Equatorial-Guinea - Malabo
• Gabon - Libreville
• Ghana - Accra
• Libya - Benghazi, Tripoli
• Morocco - Casablanca
• Nigeria - Lagos
• Tunisia - Tunis

Swiss International Airlines Terminated Destinations in Asia

• Armenia - Erevan
• China - Beijing
• Iran - Tehran
• Lebanon - Beirut
• Pakistan - Karachi
• Philippines - Manila
• Singapore
• South Korea - Seoul
• Taiwan - Taipei
• United Arab Emirates - Abu Dhabi
• Vietnam - Ho Chi Minh (Saigon)

Swiss International Airlines Terminated Destinations in Europe

• Latvia - Riga
• Spain - Bilbao

Swiss International Airlines Terminated Destinations in South America

• Argentina - Buenos Aires
• Brazil - Rio De Janeiro
• Chile - Santiago de Chile
• Venezuela - Caracas

Swiss International Airlines Terminated Destinations in North America

• United States - Atlanta, San Francisco, Washington DC

Swiss International Airlines Code Share Agreement

Swiss International Airlines Fleets

Swiss International Airlines Baggage Allowance

Swiss International Airlines General Free Baggage Allowance

Swiss International Airlines Other Regulations Baggage Allowance

Swiss International Airlines Hand Baggage Allowance

Swiss International Airlines Sports Equipment Allowance

Swiss International Airlines Phone Number

Call for Reservations or any Related Questions : 1-877-FLY SWISS (1-877-359-7947)

Swiss International Airlines Contact:
Baggage Services
25 Melville Park Road
Suite 200
Melville, NY 11747
Swiss International Airlines Telephone: 1-888 715-5551
Swiss International Airlines Fax: 1 631 956-9200

Swiss International Airlines Feedback Management
Swiss International Air Lines
1640 Hempstead Turnpike
East Meadow, NY 11554
Swiss International Airlines Fax: 1 800 429-5413

Swiss International Airlines Other Countries Phone Numbers:
Germany: +49 180 300 03 37 (EUR 0.09/min)
France: 0 892 23 25 01 (EUR 0.34/min)
United Kingdom: +44 845 601 0956
USA: +1 877 359 7947
Hong Kong: +852 300 213 30
South Africa: +27 860 04 05 06

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