Swissair Asia

Swissair Asia was a subsidiary of Swissair founded due to the legal status of the Republic of China (Taiwan) and territory disputes with the People's Republic of China in order to allow Swissair to continue flying to Taiwan from Switzerland.

Swissair Asia
IATA ICAO Callsign
SR SWR SWISSAIR
Founded1995
Ceased operations2001
Operating bases
Destinations3
Parent companySwissair

History

Swissair Asia was formed to serve Taipei, Taiwan, within the Republic of China, while Swissair was maintaining service to the People's Republic of China.[1] It began operating a twice-weekly service between Zurich and Taipei via Bangkok in 1995.[2] The airline ceased operating when their parent company Swissair went bankrupt in 2001.[3]

Livery

Aircraft formerly used by Swissair Asia had the Chinese character "瑞" (ruì, which means from the Chinese character for "propitious" or "lucky" and translation of Switzerland, "瑞士" (Ruìshì), on the tail fin instead of the cross. The kanji character was designed by the Basel-based Japanese calligrapher Sakamoto Sanae (坂本早苗).[4][5]

Destinations

Asia

Europe

Fleet
Swissair Asia MD-11 at Zurich International Airport in 1999

Swissair Asia operated two MD-11s transferred from Swissair proper.

Swissair Asia Fleet
Aircraft Total Introduced Retired Replacement Notes Refs
McDonnell Douglas MD-11 2 1995 2001 None One aircraft transferred to an aircraft graveyard.

See also

References
  1. "World Airline Directory." Flight International. 28 March-3 April 2000. -.
  2. Aircraft & Aerospace, Volume 75, Peter Isaacson Publications Pty. Limited, 1995, page 8
  3. "Swissair Asia history from Europe, Switzerland". Airline History. Retrieved 2021-11-03.
  4. "Swissair Asia". Sanaesakamoto. Retrieved 7 November 2021.
  5. "Sanae Sakamoto: «Tao and Zen»" (PDF). Xlaudiageiser.ch. Retrieved 7 November 2021.
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