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Swissair Airlines
Swissair Airlines Information Swissair Airlines Fleets
Swissair Airlines History Swissair Airlines Accidents and Incidents

Swissair Airlines Information

Swissair Airlines IATA
SR		 Swissair Airlines ICAO
SWR		 Swissair Airlines Callsign
SWISSAIR
Swissair Airlines Founded 26 March 1931
Swissair Airlines Ceased operations 31 March 2002
Swissair Airlines Hubs Zürich Airport
Geneva Cointrin
Euroairport Basel
Swissair Airlines Frequent flyer program Qualiflyer
Swissair Airlines Member lounge Swissair Lounges, Qualiflyer Lounges
Swissair Airlines Alliance Qualiflyer
Swissair Airlines Fleet size 76 (2002)[citation needed]
Swissair Airlines Destinations 157
Swissair Airlines Parent company SAirGroup
Swissair Airlines Headquarters Kloten, Switzerland
Swissair Airlines Key people Mario Corti, CEO

Swissair Airlines Fleets

Aircraft Total Delivered Retired
Fokker VII a 1 1931 1950
Fokker VII b 8 1931 1935
Dornier Merkur 2 1931 1931
BFW/Messerschmitt M18d 1 1931 1938
Comte AC-4 1 1931 1947
Lockheed L-9 Orion 2 1932 1936
Clark G.A. 43 2 1934 1936
Curtiss AT-32C Condor 1 1934 1934
Douglas DC-2 6 1934 1952
Junkers Ju-86 B-0 2 1936 1939
de Havilland Dragon Rapide 3 1937 1954
Douglas DC-3 5 + 11 1937 1969
de Havilland Mosquito 1 1945 1945
Mraz M-65 Cap 1 1948 1950
Nord 1000 1 1948 1953
Douglas DC-4 5 1946 1959
Convair CV-240 8 1949 1957
Douglas DC-6 8 1951 1962
Douglas DC-7C 5 1956 1962
Convair CV-440 Metropolitan 12 1956 1968
Scottish Aviation Twin Pioneer 1 1957 1957
Sud Aviation SE210 Caravelle 9 1960 1971
Douglas DC-8-32 3 1960 1967
Convair 880-22M 2 1961 1962
Convair 990 8 1962 1975
Douglas DC-8-53 2 1963 1976
Fokker F27 3 1965 1972
Douglas DC-9-15 5 1966 1968
BAC One-Eleven 3 1968 1969
Douglas DC-9-32 22 1967 1988
Douglas DC-8-62 7 1967 1984
Boeing 747-257B 2 1971 1984
McDonnell Douglas DC-10-30 14 (2 were ER version) 1972 1992
McDonnell Douglas DC-9-41 4 1974 1975
McDonnell Douglas DC-9-51 12 1975 1988
McDonnell Douglas MD-81/82/83 26 1980 1998
Airbus A310-221 5 1983 1995
Boeing 747-357 5 1983 2000
Airbus A310-332 6 1985 2000
Fokker 100 6 1988 1996
McDonnell Douglas MD-11 16 1991 2004
Airbus A321-111 12 1995 2002
Airbus A320-214 20 1995 2002
Airbus A319-112 9 1996 2002
Airbus A330-223 16 1998 2002
Airbus A340-600 order: 9 contract delivery: 2002  

Swissair Airlines Accidents and Incidents

S.No. Date Swissair Airlines Aircraft Name
1 19 June 1954 Convair CV-240
2 15 July 1956 Convair CV-440
3 18 June 1957 Douglas DC-3
4 4 September 1963 Swissair Flight 306
5 10 February 1967 Convair CV-440
6 21 February 1970 Convair CV-990
7 6 September 1970 Three empty hijacked jet airliners
8 8 October 1979 Douglas DC-8
9 2 September 1998 McDonnell Douglas MD-11



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