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Swiss International Air Lines AG
IATA
ICAO
Callsign
LX
SWR
SWISS
Founded
31 March 2002; 22 years ago (2002-03-31)[1]
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
Dieter Vranckx, CEO[5]
Revenue
CHF 4.41 billion (2022)[6]
Operating income
CHF 456 million (2022)[6]
Employees
8,048 (December 2022)[7]
Website
www.swiss.com
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.
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]
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CHF 4.41 billion (2022)[6]