Founded | 18 November 1978 (as Business Flyers Basel AG) | ||
Ceased operations | 31 March 2002 (formed Swiss International Air Lines) | ||
Hubs | Basel Mulhouse Freiburg | ||
Frequent-flyer program | Qualiflyer | ||
Fleet size | 88 | ||
Parent company | SAirGroup | ||
Headquarters | Basel Mulhouse Freiburg | ||
Key people | Moritz Suter (Founder and former CEO) André Dosé (CEO) | ||
Website | Crossair.tk | ||
List of Crossair airplanes by registration number |
Crossair Ltd. Co. for Regional European Air Transport (German: Crossair AG für europäischen Regionalluftverkehr) was a regional airline headquartered on the grounds of EuroAirport Basel-Mulhouse-Freiburg in Saint-Louis, Haut-Rhin, France, near Basel, Switzerland. Later it became Swiss International Air Lines after it took over the assets of Swissair following that airline's bankruptcy in 2002.
Table of contents
History
Corporate affairs and identity
Destinations
Fleet
Cabin classes
Services
Competitors
Accidents
- 10 January 2000 - Crossair Flight 498. A Crossair Saab 340B a commuter flight from Zurich,Switzerland to Dresden, Germany crashed two minutes after takeoff at about 7km from the airport. The official report concluded that the cause of the crash was due to loss of control resulting from human error.
- 24 November 2001 - Crossair Flight 3597. A Crossair Avro RJ100 operating the flight Berlin Tegel, Germany to Zurich, Switzerland crashed into a wooded area near Bassersdorf, Switzerland and exploded killing 24 of the 33 people on board, among them Melanie Thornton the lead singer of the eurodance group La Bouche.
Further reading
Airlines in Switzerland
Aviation pages
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