Swissair: standardised interim schedules until October 27

Swissair will be offering its customers some 60 per cent of its usual scheduled European services and 70 per cent of its intercontinental flights from Thursday, October 11 until the assumption of its flight operations by the new Swiss airline on October 28. The new interim schedules will provide services to 25 European cities and 34 intercontinental destinations. Swissair tickets will be valid on Swissair or Crossair flights until October 27.

Scheduled intercontinental services will continue to operate to: Boston, Chicago, Los Angeles, Miami, Montreal, New York, Washington; Buenos Aires, Rio de Janeiro, São Paulo; Bangkok, Beijing, Delhi, Hong Kong, Karachi, Mumbai, Riyadh, Singapore, Tehran, Tokyo; Abu Dhabi, Cairo, Dubai, Muscat, Tel Aviv; Accra, Dar es Salaam, Douala, Johannesburg, Lagos, Libreville, Malabo, Nairobi and Yaoundé

Services to 14 intercontinental destinations – Atlanta, Dallas, Newark, San Francisco; Santiago de Chile; Ho Chi Minh City, Kuala Lumpur, Manila, Osaka, Shanghai, Taipei; Beirut, Jeddah; Abidjan – will be withdrawn.


In Europe, where 60 per cent of former services will continue to operate, all key destinations will be served. Flights will be withdrawn, however, from Baku, Bologna, Brussels, Erevan, Graz, Helsinki, Linz, Tbilisi, Turin and Venice. All services previously operated by Crossair on Swissair’s behalf will now be operated under Crossair’s responsibility and with Crossair flight numbers. All Swissair services formerly operated by Flightline (Swissair Express), Air Littoral and Volare have been withdrawn.

All Swissair tickets (with IATA code 085) will be valid on Swissair or Crossair flights up to and including Saturday, October 27. The question of whether Swissair tickets will be valid on the network of the new company after October 28 is currently being discussed.

A total of 158 Swissair flights will be operated on Wednesday, October 10, 43 of them on long-haul routes. The Crossair fleet will operate another 65 services to European destinations on Swissair’s behalf.

The reduction in flight operations is due to the limited financial resources currently available and the fact that protection from creditors does not extend fully to all destinations outside Switzerland.