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Swissair
Sign in to saveAlso known as Schweizerische Luftverkehr, Swiss Air Transport Company Limited, Schweizerische Luftverkehr-AG, S.A. Suisse pour la Navigation Aérienne
Swissair (; , stylised in lowercase) was the national airline of Switzerland between its founding in 1931 and bankruptcy in 2002.
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- Airline.airline
- Swissair
- Airline.logo
- Swissair logo.svg
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- 250
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- Swissair Boeing 747-357 and McDonnell Douglas MD-11 at Dock A in Zurich-Kloten (LBS SR04-000901).tif
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- Kloten, Canton of Zürich, Switzerland
- Airline.IATA
- SR
- Airline.ICAO
- SWR
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- SWISSAIR
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- (operations transferred to Crossair, which later became Swiss International Air Lines)
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- Qualiflyer
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- The Qualiflyer Group
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Wikidata facts
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- Swissair Airbus A320-214; HB-IJA@ZRH;24.09.1995 (5471558614).jpg
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- Commons category
- Swissair
- inception
- 1931-03-26
- dissolved, abolished or demolished date
- 2002-03-31
- IATA airline designator
- SR
- ICAO airline designator
- SWR
- Merchant Category Code
- 3015
- street address
- Zurich Airport
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Article
28 sectionsContents
- History
- Founding years
- Ascension
- "The flying bank"
- Concentration
- Hunter Strategy
- Grounding
- Controversy surrounding Corti's decision to ground flights
- Transition phase
- Factors behind collapse
- Legacy
- Management trial
- Continued use of the "Swissair" brand
- Fleet
- Last active fleet
- Historic fleet
- Destinations
- Asia
- Africa
- Europe
- Americas
- Swissair Asia
- Corporate affairs
- Accidents and incidents
- References
- Bibliography
- Further reading
- External links
Swissair (; , stylised in lowercase) was the national airline of Switzerland between its founding in 1931 and bankruptcy in 2002.
Swissair was formed from a merger between Belair and Ad Astra Aero. For most of its 71 years, it was one of the major international airlines and known as the "Flying Bank" due to its financial stability, causing it to be regarded as a Swiss national symbol and icon. It was headquartered at Zurich Airport, Kloten.