Swissair Asia AG was a subsidiary of Swissair founded due to the legal status of the Taiwan (Taiwan) and territory disputes with the China in order to allow Swissair to continue flying to Taiwan from Switzerland.
History
Swissair Asia was formed to serve
Taipei, Taiwan, within the Republic of China, while Swissair maintained service to the People's Republic of China.
["World Airline Directory." Flight International. 28 March-3 April 2000. [1]-[2].] It began operating a twice-weekly service between Zürich and Taipei via Bangkok on 7 April 1995.
[ Aircraft & Aerospace, Volume 75, Peter Isaacson, 1995, page 8] The airline ceased operations when the parent company Swissair went bankrupt in 2001;
no successor airline was organized by Swissairs' own successor, Swiss International Air Lines, which does not operate flights to Taipei (either directly or under a subsidiary).
Livery
The aircraft used by Swissair Asia had the Chinese character "" (ruì, which means from the Chinese character for "propitious" or "lucky" and phonetic (in southern languages) translation of Switzerland, "" (Ruìshì), on the tail fin instead of the Swiss cross. The
kanji character was designed by the
Basel-based Japanese calligrapher Sakamoto Sanae.
Destinations
Asia
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Bangkok – Don Mueang International Airport ( Stop-over)
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Taipei – Chiang Kai-shek International Airport ( Focus city)
Europe
Fleet
Swissair Asia operated the following aircraft:
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| McDonnell Douglas MD-11 | 2 | — | 12 | 49 | 180 | 241 |
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See also
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Australia Asia Airlines
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British Asia Airways
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Japan Asia Airways
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KLM Asia
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Air France Asie
