Swiss European Air Lines

Infobox_Airline
airline=Swiss European Air Lines
logo=
logo_size=150
fleet_size=20
destinations=
IATA=LX
ICAO=SWU
callsign=EUROSWISS
parent=Swiss International Air Lines Group
founded=2005
headquarters=Basel, Switzerland
key_people=Dr. Christoph Franz (President and CEO)
hubs=Zurich International Airport
focus_cities=Geneva Airport EuroAirport Basel-Mulhouse-Freiburg
frequent_flyer=Miles & More
lounge=Swiss Lounge
alliance=Star Alliance
website= http://www.swiss.com

Swiss European Air Lines is a subsidiary of Swiss International Air Lines, operating as the latter on some of its short haul routes. Swiss International Air Lines, also known as SWISS, is the successor of Swissair, following that company's grounding in 2001. Like its parent, Swiss European is part of the Star Alliance.

News

On 26th September 2006, the pilots of Swiss European Air Lines went on a 24h warning strike, as the management had still not obeyed a court order from 2003 concerning equal pay for equal work.

Fleet

The Swiss European Air Lines fleet consists of the following aircraft (as of December 2007):
*20 Avro RJ100 "Jumbolino"

The average age of the Swiss European Air Lines fleet is 10.1 years (as of January 2008) [http://www.airfleets.net/ageflotte/Swiss%20European%20Airlines.htm] .

Lufthansa placed an order on April 17, 2007 for 30 Embraer E-190 and 15 Bombardier CRJ-900 aircraft to directly replace its fleet of BAe 146 and Avro RJ aircraft, of which 18 are operated by Lufthansa CityLine and 20 by Swiss European Air Lines. All of the Embraer E-190s are expected to be flown by Swiss. [cite news | title= Lufthansa confirms regional plans | work= Airliner World | page= 4 | date= June 2007]

Accidents and Incidents

*On 18 August 2007 an Avro RJ100 aircraft made a hard landing at London City Airport on a regular scheduled flight from Geneva. [" [http://www.flightglobal.com/articles/2007/08/30/216374/swiss-assessing-damage-after-rj100-lands-hard-at-london.html Swiss assessing damage after RJ100 lands hard at London City] " Flight Global, 30/08/07] None of the 93 passengers and crew were hurt but there was substantial damage the aircraft and representatives are assessing the aircraft flight capabilities as of 2008.

External links

* [http://www.swiss.com/ Swiss European Air Lines]
* [http://www.ch-aviation.ch/aircraft.php?search=set&airline=SWR&al_op=1 Swiss European Air Lines Fleet]

References