Swiss International Air Lines
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Swiss International Air Lines AG, stylized 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 main hub and Geneva Airport as its secondary hub.
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Founded | 31 March 2002; 22 years ago (2002-03-31)[1] | ||||||
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AOC # | CH.AOC.1006[2] | ||||||
Hubs | Zurich Airport | ||||||
Secondary hubs | Geneva Airport | ||||||
Frequent-flyer program | Miles & More | ||||||
Alliance | Star Alliance | ||||||
Subsidiaries | Edelweiss Air | ||||||
Fleet size | 88 | ||||||
Destinations | 120[3] | ||||||
Parent company | Lufthansa Group | ||||||
Headquarters | EuroAirport Basel Mulhouse Freiburg near Basel, Switzerland Register: Basel[4] | ||||||
Key people | Heike Birlenbach, interim CEO[5] | ||||||
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Employees | 8,048 (December 2022)[7] | ||||||
Website | www |
Its headquarters are at EuroAirport Basel Mulhouse Freiburg near Basel, Switzerland, and an office at Zurich Airport in Kloten, Switzerland.[8] The company's registered office is in Basel.[9]
The airline was formed following the bankruptcy in 2002 of Swissair, Switzerland's then-flag carrier. The new airline was built around what had been Swissair's regional subsidiary, Crossair. Swiss retains Crossair's IATA code LX (Swissair's code was SR). It assumed Swissair's old ICAO code of SWR (Crossair's was CRX), to maintain international traffic rights.
On 18 November 2020, it was announced that Dieter Vranckx would assume the position of CEO as of 1 January 2021. Vranckx has 20 years of experience within the Lufthansa Group and had been CEO of Lufthansa Group member Brussels Airlines since the start of 2020.[5]
In June 2024, it was announced that Vranckx would step down by the end of the month and be replaced by German national and Lufthansa CityLine Managing Director, Jens Fehlinger. [10] Fehlinger will assume office in October 2024, and until then Swiss will be temporarily lead by Head of Commercial, Heike Birlenbach. Dieter Vranckx transferred to the executive board of parent company Lufthansa on July 1, 2024 and remains with Swiss as vice chairman of its board of directors. [11]