Airline Name :   Swiss International  Airlines

Corporation Website Address of  Swiss International Airlines :  www.swiss.com

About Swiss International Airlines
Swiss International Air Lines (short: Swiss) is the principal airline of Switzerland operating scheduled services in Europe and to North America, South America, Africa and Asia. Its main hub is Zurich Kloten Airport (ZRH).

Swiss International Air Lines uses the IATA Code LX, which it inherited from the Swiss regional airline Crossair

The airline was formed after the 2001 bankruptcy of Swissair, Switzerland's former flag carrier. 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.

Following the addition of 2 Airbus A330 to the fleet from the end of 2006, Swiss is planning to increase long haul service as follows:
Zurich - New York - increasing 7 to 14 a week
Zurich - Miami - daily
Zurich - Riyadh-Jeddah - increasing 3 to 4 a week
Zurich - Nairobi-Dar es Salaam - increasing 4 to 5 a week

All services between Zurich International Airport and Nairobi's Jomo Kenyatta International Airport / Julius Nyerere International Airport - Dar Es Salaam / Malabo International Airport / Douala Airport and Yaoundé Nsimalen International Airport will be flown with A330 aircraft
Airbus A321-100

Following the addition of 3 Airbus A340 to the fleet starting in the middle of 2007, Swiss is planning to increase long haul service as follows:
Zurich - Tokyo - daily
Zurich - Cairo - daily
Zurich - Johannesburg - daily
Zurich - Los Angeles - daily
Zurich - São Paulo-Santiago - daily
Also, new routes to be launched:
Zürich - New Delhi - Will be a daily service operated by airbus A330-200 aircraft
Zürich - Shanghai - Will be a daily service operated by airbus A340 aircraft

The airline announced a major expansion at EuroAirport Basel-Mulhouse-Freiburg in an attempt to win back market share from budget airlines using the airport. On January 14, 2007 services were launched to Barcelona, Budapest, Manchester, Nice, Prague and Warsaw, in addition to existing services to Amsterdam, Brussels, London and Zurich.

On September 19, 2007 SWISS announced a further expansion of its network with the following routes and destinations:
Zürich - Berlin - increasing from 3 to 4 daily rotations (begins October 28, 2007)
Zürich - Florence - Will be 3 daily services operated by Swiss European Airlines with RJ100 aircraft (begins March 2008)
Zürich - Sofia - Will be a daily service operated by Airbus 320 aircraft (begins March 2008)
Zürich - Saint Petersburg - Will be a daily service operated by Airbus A320 aircraft (begins March 2008)
Geneva - Manchester - Will be a weekly service (begins December 16, 2007)
Geneva - Bucharest - Will be 3 weekly services (begins March 2008)