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.
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. -. It began operating a twice-weekly service between Zürich and Taipei via Bangkok on 7 April 1995. The airline ceased operations when the parent company Swissair went bankrupt in 2001; no successor airline was organized by Swissair's 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 "" (), the Chinese character for "propitious" or "lucky" and first character in the phonetic (in southern Chinese languages) translation of Switzerland, "" (Jyutping: ; Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: ; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ; Pinyin: ), on the tail fin instead of the Swiss cross. The kanji character was designed by the Basel-based Japanese calligrapher .
Destinations Asia Thailand Bangkok – Don Mueang International Airport (Stop-over) Republic of China (Taiwan) Taipei – Chiang Kai-shek International Airport (Focus city)
Europe Switzerland Zurich – Zurich Airport (Focus city)
Fleet
Swissair Asia operated the following aircraft:
+ Swissair Asia FleetAircraft In service Orders Passengers NotesTotalMcDonnell Douglas MD-116—1249180241Total2—
See also Australia Asia Airlines British Asia Airways Japan Asia Airways KLM Asia Air France Asie
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