Swiss Global Air Lines

Swiss Global Air Lines
IATA ICAO Call sign
LZ[1] SWU EUROSWISS
Founded1 September 2005 (2005-09-01)
(as Swiss European Air Lines)[2]
Commenced operations
  • 1 November 2005 (2005-11-01)
    (as Swiss European Air Lines)[3]
  • 3 February 2015 (2015-02-03)
    (as Swiss Global Air Lines)
Ceased operations19 April 2018 (2018-04-19)
(re-integrated into Swiss International Air Lines)
AOC #CH.AOC.1044[4]
HubsZurich Airport
Frequent-flyer programMiles & More
AllianceStar Alliance (affiliate; 2006–2018)
Parent companySwiss International Air Lines
HeadquartersBasel, Switzerland
Key peopleAndreas Thurnheer
Websitewww.swiss.com

Swiss Global Air Lines, known as Swiss European Air Lines until February 2015,[5] was a Swiss airline and a wholly-owned subsidiary of Swiss International Air Lines.

Like its parent, Swiss Global was part of the Star Alliance. It had its legal headquarters[6] in Basel; the physical head office was on the grounds of Zürich Airport and the town of Kloten.[7][8] Swiss Global Air Lines operated scheduled flights in the name and corporate design of its parent Swiss International to European metropolitan and some leisure destinations from Zurich Airport as well as some long-haul routes on behalf of its parent.

By 19 April 2018, all aircraft and employees were transferred to the parent company as part of a new labour agreement. Therefore, Swiss Global Air Lines was dissolved.[9]

  1. ^ "IATA - Airline and Airport Code Search". iata.org. Retrieved 11 April 2015.
  2. ^ "Handelsregister" (PDF) (in German). Swiss Official Gazette of Commerce. 9 September 2005. Retrieved 20 April 2018.
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  4. ^ "List of AOC Holders with Complex Airplanes" (PDF). Federal Office of Civil Aviation. 28 March 2018. Retrieved 20 April 2018.
  5. ^ Cite error: The named reference rebranding was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  6. ^ "Swiss European Air Lines - Zefix Firmenregister". Retrieved 23 August 2014.
  7. ^ "Swiss European Air Lines Facts and Figures". Swiss International Air Lines. Retrieved 29 September 2009. "Headquarters Swiss European Air Lines AG Postfach CH-8058 Zurich Airport Switzerland"
  8. ^ "Kloten - Ortspläne Schweiz". ortsplan.ch. Retrieved 2 October 2009.
  9. ^ Cite error: The named reference aerotelegraph-20180405 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).