Swiss Airlines - Swiss International Airlines

History
Swiss International Airlines is the main airline of Switzerland and the destinations under this airline includes Europe, Africa, Asia, North America and South America. The Swiss International Airline is the ancillary of German Airline Lufthansa. The Airline of Switzerland started its operations officially in March 31, 2002 and presently has its own subsidiary companies namely the Swiss Sun and Crossair Europe.

Hub

The main hub of Swiss International Airlines is Zurich Kloten Airport.

Destinations

The destinations covered under the Swiss International Airlines include Amsterdam, Brussels, Zurich, London, Barcelona, Nice, Prague, Warsaw, Budapest and Manchester.

Fleet

The fleet of Swiss International airlines has the following aircrafts:

Airbus A340-300
Airbus A330-300
Airbus A330-200
Airbus A321-100
Airbus A320-200
Airbus A319-100
Avro RJ100
Avro RJ85

The airline was formed after the 2001 bankruptcy of Swissair, Switzerland's former flag carrier. In fact, their losses totaled $1.6 billion from its startup until 2005. The failed airline's biggest creditors, Credit Suisse and UBS, arranged to sell part of Swissair's assets to Crossair, the regional counterpart to the transatlantic Swissair (both Swissair and Crossair were under the same holding company, called SAirGroup). Crossair later changed its name to Swiss, and the new national airline started its operations officially on March 31, 2002. The airline was first owned by institutional investors (61.3%), Swiss Confederation (20.3%), cantons and communities (12.2%) and others (6.2%). Swiss also owns subsidiary companies Swiss Sun (100%) and Crossair Europe (99.9%). Employees total 5970.