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Swissair

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IATA: LX ICAO: SWR Callsign: Swissair Country: Switzerland

Key Facts: Swissair

  • Swissair was established in Switzerland.
  • The airline is defunct and no longer operates flight services.
  • Aviation authorities assigned IATA code LX and ICAO code SWR.
  • Air traffic control utilized the radio callsign Swissair.
  • Operations were founded in 1931.
  • The carrier ceased flight operations on 2002-03-31.
  • Recorded fate: Grounded and succeeded by Swiss International Air Lines.
  • Observed registry airframe records document 107 aircraft.
  • Primary operational hubs included LSZH, LSGG.
  • Operates a scheduled route network connecting 103 catalogued commercial destinations.

Carrier Identity & Specifications

Legal / Trading Name Swissair
Operating Status defunct Source: curated_defunct_registry
Country of Registry Switzerland
IATA Two-Letter Code LX
ICAO Three-Letter Code SWR
Telephony Callsign Swissair
Founded 1931
Ceased Operations 2002-03-31
Resolution / Fate Grounded and succeeded by Swiss International Air Lines
Operational Lifespan 71 years (1931 to 2002)
Operational Hubs LSZH, LSGG
Alliance Star Alliance

Observed Fleet Data

Observed registry records account for 107 aircraft as of 2026-10-19.

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Corporate Resolution & Lineage

Resolution / Fate: Grounded and succeeded by Swiss International Air Lines
Succeeded by: swiss-international-air-lines

Route Network & Served Destinations

Scheduled flight network and destination directory for Swissair.

103 Destinations
103 Airports Served
50 Countries Reached
145 Direct Flight Pairs
2 Primary Bases / Hubs
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ACE to ZRH AGP to GVA AGP to ZRH AMS to ZRH ARN to GVA ARN to ZRH ATH to GVA ATH to ZRH AYT to ZRH BAH to DOH BCN to BSL BCN to GVA BCN to ZRH BEG to GVA BEG to ZRH BHX to ZRH BKK to ZRH BOM to ZRH BOS to ZRH BRU to BSL BRU to DLA BRU to GVA BRU to LIN BRU to NSI BRU to ZRH BSL to FCO BSL to FRA BSL to HAM BSL to LCY BSL to MUC BSL to PRG BSL to VIE BUD to ZRH CAI to GVA CAI to ZRH CDG to GVA CDG to ZRH CGN to ZRH CPH to GVA CPH to ZRH CTA to GVA CTA to ZRH DAR to NBO DBV to ZRH DEL to ZRH DLA to NSI DME to GVA DME to ZRH DOH to FRA DUB to ZRH DUS to ZRH DXB to ZRH EWR to GVA EWR to ZRH FCO to GVA FCO to ZRH FLR to ZRH FNC to ZRH FRA to GVA FRA to ZRH FUE to ZRH GRU to ZRH GVA to HER GVA to IAD GVA to JFK GVA to LCY GVA to LED GVA to LHR GVA to LIS GVA to MAD GVA to MUC GVA to NCE GVA to OLB GVA to OPO GVA to PMI Amsterdam: Amsterdam Airport Schiphol (AMS / EHAM) Netherlands Antalya: Antalya International Airport (AYT / LTAI) Turkey Arrecife: Lanzarote Airport (ACE / GCRR) Spain Athens: Eleftherios Venizelos International Airport (ATH / LGAV) Greece Bahrain: Bahrain International Airport (BAH / OBBI) Bahrain Bangkok: Suvarnabhumi Airport (BKK / VTBS) Thailand Barcelona: Barcelona International Airport (BCN / LEBL) Spain Beijing: Beijing Capital International Airport (PEK / ZBAA) China Belgrade: Belgrade Nikola Tesla Airport (BEG / LYBE) Serbia Berlin: Berlin-Tegel Airport (TXL / EDDT) Germany Birmingham: Birmingham International Airport (BHX / EGBB) United Kingdom Boston: General Edward Lawrence Logan International Airport (BOS / KBOS) United States Brussels: Brussels Airport (BRU / EBBR) Belgium Bucharest: Henri Coandă International Airport (OTP / LROP) Romania Budapest: Budapest Liszt Ferenc International Airport (BUD / LHBP) Hungary Cairo: Cairo International Airport (CAI / HECA) Egypt Catania: Catania-Fontanarossa Airport (CTA / LICC) Italy Chicago: Chicago O'Hare International Airport (ORD / KORD) United States Cologne: Cologne Bonn Airport (CGN / EDDK) Germany Copenhagen: Copenhagen Kastrup Airport (CPH / EKCH) Denmark Dar Es Salaam: Julius Nyerere International Airport (DAR / HTDA) Tanzania Delhi: Indira Gandhi International Airport (DEL / VIDP) India Doha: Hamad International Airport (DOH / OTHH) Qatar Douala: Douala International Airport (DLA / FKKD) Cameroon Dubai: Dubai International Airport (DXB / OMDB) United Arab Emirates Dublin: Dublin Airport (DUB / EIDW) Ireland Dubrovnik: Dubrovnik Airport (DBV / LDDU) Croatia Duesseldorf: Düsseldorf Airport (DUS / EDDL) Germany Florence: Peretola Airport (FLR / LIRQ) Italy Frankfurt: Frankfurt am Main Airport (FRA / EDDF) Germany Fuerteventura: Fuerteventura Airport (FUE / GCFV) Spain Funchal: Madeira Airport (FNC / LPMA) Portugal Geneva: Geneva Cointrin International Airport (GVA / LSGG) Switzerland Gran Canaria: Gran Canaria Airport (LPA / GCLP) Spain Hamburg: Hamburg Airport (HAM / EDDH) Germany Hannover: Hannover Airport (HAJ / EDDV) Germany Havana: José Martí International Airport (HAV / MUHA) Cuba Heraklion: Heraklion International Nikos Kazantzakis Airport (HER / LGIR) Greece Hong Kong: Hong Kong International Airport (HKG / VHHH) Hong Kong Hurghada: Hurghada International Airport (HRG / HEGN) Egypt Istanbul: Istanbul Airport (IST / LTFM) Turkey Johannesburg: OR Tambo International Airport (JNB / FAOR) South Africa Kiev: Boryspil International Airport (KBP / UKBB) Ukraine Larnaca: Larnaca International Airport (LCA / LCLK) Cyprus Las Vegas: McCarran International Airport (LAS / KLAS) United States Lisbon: Humberto Delgado Airport (Lisbon Portela Airport) (LIS / LPPT) Portugal Ljubljana: Ljubljana Jože Pučnik Airport (LJU / LJLJ) Slovenia London: London City Airport (LCY / EGLC) United Kingdom London: London Heathrow Airport (LHR / EGLL) United Kingdom Los Angeles: Los Angeles International Airport (LAX / KLAX) United States Lugano: Lugano Airport (LUG / LSZA) Switzerland Luxemburg: Luxembourg-Findel International Airport (LUX / ELLX) Luxembourg Lyon: Lyon Saint-Exupéry Airport (LYS / LFLL) France Madrid: Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport (MAD / LEMD) Spain Malaga: Málaga Airport (AGP / LEMG) Spain Malta: Malta International Airport (MLA / LMML) Malta Manchester: Manchester Airport (MAN / EGCC) United Kingdom Marrakech: Menara Airport (RAK / GMMX) Morocco Marsa Alam: Marsa Alam International Airport (RMF / HEMA) Egypt Miami: Miami International Airport (MIA / KMIA) United States Milan: Milano Linate Airport (LIN / LIML) Italy Milano: Malpensa International Airport (MXP / LIMC) Italy Montreal: Montreal / Pierre Elliott Trudeau International Airport (YUL / CYUL) Canada Moscow: Domodedovo International Airport (DME / UUDD) Russia Mulhouse: EuroAirport Basel-Mulhouse-Freiburg Airport (BSL / LFSB) France Mumbai: Chhatrapati Shivaji International Airport (BOM / VABB) India Munich: Munich Airport (MUC / EDDM) Germany Nairobi: Jomo Kenyatta International Airport (NBO / HKJK) Kenya New York: John F Kennedy International Airport (JFK / KJFK) United States Newark: Newark Liberty International Airport (EWR / KEWR) United States Nice: Nice-Côte d'Azur Airport (NCE / LFMN) France Nuernberg: Nuremberg Airport (NUE / EDDN) Germany Olbia: Olbia Costa Smeralda Airport (OLB / LIEO) Italy Oslo: Oslo Lufthavn (OSL / ENGM) Norway Palma de Mallorca: Palma De Mallorca Airport (PMI / LEPA) Spain Paris: Charles de Gaulle International Airport (CDG / LFPG) France Porto: Francisco de Sá Carneiro Airport (OPO / LPPR) Portugal Prague: Václav Havel Airport Prague (PRG / LKPR) Czech Republic Pristina: Priština International Airport (PRN / BKPR) Serbia Punta Cana: Punta Cana International Airport (PUJ / MDPC) Dominican Republic Rome: Leonardo da Vinci–Fiumicino Airport (FCO / LIRF) Italy San Francisco: San Francisco International Airport (SFO / KSFO) United States Sao Paulo: Guarulhos - Governador André Franco Montoro International Airport (GRU / SBGR) Brazil Shanghai: Shanghai Pudong International Airport (PVG / ZSPD) China Singapore: Singapore Changi Airport (SIN / WSSS) Singapore Skopje: Skopje Alexander the Great Airport (SKP / LWSK) Macedonia Split: Split Airport (SPU / LDSP) Croatia St. Petersburg: Pulkovo Airport (LED / ULLI) Russia Stockholm: Stockholm-Arlanda Airport (ARN / ESSA) Sweden Stuttgart: Stuttgart Airport (STR / EDDS) Germany Tampa: Tampa International Airport (TPA / KTPA) United States Tel-aviv: Ben Gurion International Airport (TLV / LLBG) Israel Tenerife: Tenerife South Airport (TFS / GCTS) Spain Tokyo: Narita International Airport (NRT / RJAA) Japan Toronto: Lester B. Pearson International Airport (YYZ / CYYZ) Canada Valencia: Valencia Airport (VLC / LEVC) Spain Venice: Venice Marco Polo Airport (VCE / LIPZ) Italy Vienna: Vienna International Airport (VIE / LOWW) Austria Warsaw: Warsaw Chopin Airport (WAW / EPWA) Poland Washington: Washington Dulles International Airport (IAD / KIAD) United States Yaounde: Yaoundé Nsimalen International Airport (NSI / FKYS) Cameroon Zagreb: Zagreb Airport (ZAG / LDZA) Croatia Zurich: Zürich Airport (ZRH / LSZH) Switzerland
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All Served Airports & Cities (103)

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Code Airport Name City / Region Country Coordinates
AMS EHAM
Amsterdam Airport Schiphol Amsterdam Netherlands 52.31N, 4.76E
AYT LTAI
Antalya International Airport Antalya Turkey 36.90N, 30.80E
ACE GCRR
Lanzarote Airport Arrecife Spain 28.95N, 13.61W
ATH LGAV
Eleftherios Venizelos International Airport Athens Greece 37.94N, 23.94E
BAH OBBI
Bahrain International Airport Bahrain Bahrain 26.27N, 50.63E
BKK VTBS
Suvarnabhumi Airport Bangkok Thailand 13.68N, 100.75E
BCN LEBL
Barcelona International Airport Barcelona Spain 41.30N, 2.08E
PEK ZBAA
Beijing Capital International Airport Beijing China 40.08N, 116.58E
BEG LYBE
Belgrade Nikola Tesla Airport Belgrade Serbia 44.82N, 20.31E
TXL EDDT
Berlin-Tegel Airport Berlin Germany 52.56N, 13.29E
BHX EGBB
Birmingham International Airport Birmingham United Kingdom 52.45N, 1.75W
BOS KBOS
General Edward Lawrence Logan International Airport Boston United States 42.36N, 71.00W
BRU EBBR
Brussels Airport Brussels Belgium 50.90N, 4.48E
OTP LROP
Henri Coandă International Airport Bucharest Romania 44.57N, 26.09E
BUD LHBP
Budapest Liszt Ferenc International Airport Budapest Hungary 47.43N, 19.26E
CAI HECA
Cairo International Airport Cairo Egypt 30.12N, 31.41E
CTA LICC
Catania-Fontanarossa Airport Catania Italy 37.47N, 15.07E
ORD KORD
Chicago O'Hare International Airport Chicago United States 41.98N, 87.91W
CGN EDDK
Cologne Bonn Airport Cologne Germany 50.87N, 7.14E
CPH EKCH
Copenhagen Kastrup Airport Copenhagen Denmark 55.62N, 12.66E
DAR HTDA
Julius Nyerere International Airport Dar Es Salaam Tanzania 6.88S, 39.20E
DEL VIDP
Indira Gandhi International Airport Delhi India 28.57N, 77.10E
DOH OTHH
Hamad International Airport Doha Qatar 25.27N, 51.61E
DLA FKKD
Douala International Airport Douala Cameroon 4.01N, 9.72E
DXB OMDB
Dubai International Airport Dubai United Arab Emirates 25.25N, 55.36E
DUB EIDW
Dublin Airport Dublin Ireland 53.42N, 6.27W
DBV LDDU
Dubrovnik Airport Dubrovnik Croatia 42.56N, 18.27E
DUS EDDL
Düsseldorf Airport Duesseldorf Germany 51.29N, 6.77E
FLR LIRQ
Peretola Airport Florence Italy 43.81N, 11.21E
FRA EDDF
Frankfurt am Main Airport Frankfurt Germany 50.03N, 8.57E
FUE GCFV
Fuerteventura Airport Fuerteventura Spain 28.45N, 13.86W
FNC LPMA
Madeira Airport Funchal Portugal 32.70N, 16.77W
GVA LSGG
Geneva Cointrin International Airport Hub Geneva Switzerland 46.24N, 6.11E
LPA GCLP
Gran Canaria Airport Gran Canaria Spain 27.93N, 15.39W
HAM EDDH
Hamburg Airport Hamburg Germany 53.63N, 9.99E
HAJ EDDV
Hannover Airport Hannover Germany 52.46N, 9.69E
HAV MUHA
José Martí International Airport Havana Cuba 22.99N, 82.41W
HER LGIR
Heraklion International Nikos Kazantzakis Airport Heraklion Greece 35.34N, 25.18E
HKG VHHH
Hong Kong International Airport Hong Kong Hong Kong 22.31N, 113.92E
HRG HEGN
Hurghada International Airport Hurghada Egypt 27.18N, 33.80E
IST LTFM
Istanbul Airport Istanbul Turkey 41.27N, 28.75E
JNB FAOR
OR Tambo International Airport Johannesburg South Africa 26.14S, 28.25E
KBP UKBB
Boryspil International Airport Kiev Ukraine 50.34N, 30.89E
LCA LCLK
Larnaca International Airport Larnaca Cyprus 34.88N, 33.63E
LAS KLAS
McCarran International Airport Las Vegas United States 36.08N, 115.15W
LIS LPPT
Humberto Delgado Airport (Lisbon Portela Airport) Lisbon Portugal 38.78N, 9.14W
LJU LJLJ
Ljubljana Jože Pučnik Airport Ljubljana Slovenia 46.22N, 14.46E
LCY EGLC
London City Airport London United Kingdom 51.51N, 0.06E
LHR EGLL
London Heathrow Airport London United Kingdom 51.47N, 0.46W
LAX KLAX
Los Angeles International Airport Los Angeles United States 33.94N, 118.41W
LUG LSZA
Lugano Airport Lugano Switzerland 46.00N, 8.91E
LUX ELLX
Luxembourg-Findel International Airport Luxemburg Luxembourg 49.62N, 6.20E
LYS LFLL
Lyon Saint-Exupéry Airport Lyon France 45.73N, 5.08E
MAD LEMD
Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport Madrid Spain 40.47N, 3.56W
AGP LEMG
Málaga Airport Malaga Spain 36.67N, 4.50W
MLA LMML
Malta International Airport Malta Malta 35.86N, 14.48E
MAN EGCC
Manchester Airport Manchester United Kingdom 53.35N, 2.27W
RAK GMMX
Menara Airport Marrakech Morocco 31.61N, 8.04W
RMF HEMA
Marsa Alam International Airport Marsa Alam Egypt 25.56N, 34.58E
MIA KMIA
Miami International Airport Miami United States 25.79N, 80.29W
LIN LIML
Milano Linate Airport Milan Italy 45.45N, 9.28E
MXP LIMC
Malpensa International Airport Milano Italy 45.63N, 8.73E
YUL CYUL
Montreal / Pierre Elliott Trudeau International Airport Montreal Canada 45.47N, 73.74W
DME UUDD
Domodedovo International Airport Moscow Russia 55.41N, 37.91E
BSL LFSB
EuroAirport Basel-Mulhouse-Freiburg Airport Mulhouse France 47.59N, 7.53E
BOM VABB
Chhatrapati Shivaji International Airport Mumbai India 19.09N, 72.87E
MUC EDDM
Munich Airport Munich Germany 48.35N, 11.79E
NBO HKJK
Jomo Kenyatta International Airport Nairobi Kenya 1.32S, 36.93E
JFK KJFK
John F Kennedy International Airport New York United States 40.64N, 73.78W
EWR KEWR
Newark Liberty International Airport Newark United States 40.69N, 74.17W
NCE LFMN
Nice-Côte d'Azur Airport Nice France 43.66N, 7.22E
NUE EDDN
Nuremberg Airport Nuernberg Germany 49.50N, 11.08E
OLB LIEO
Olbia Costa Smeralda Airport Olbia Italy 40.90N, 9.52E
OSL ENGM
Oslo Lufthavn Oslo Norway 60.12N, 11.05E
PMI LEPA
Palma De Mallorca Airport Palma de Mallorca Spain 39.55N, 2.74E
CDG LFPG
Charles de Gaulle International Airport Paris France 49.01N, 2.55E
OPO LPPR
Francisco de Sá Carneiro Airport Porto Portugal 41.25N, 8.68W
PRG LKPR
Václav Havel Airport Prague Prague Czech Republic 50.10N, 14.26E
PRN BKPR
Priština International Airport Pristina Serbia 42.57N, 21.04E
PUJ MDPC
Punta Cana International Airport Punta Cana Dominican Republic 18.57N, 68.36W
FCO LIRF
Leonardo da Vinci–Fiumicino Airport Rome Italy 41.80N, 12.24E
SFO KSFO
San Francisco International Airport San Francisco United States 37.62N, 122.38W
GRU SBGR
Guarulhos - Governador André Franco Montoro International Airport Sao Paulo Brazil 23.44S, 46.47W
PVG ZSPD
Shanghai Pudong International Airport Shanghai China 31.14N, 121.81E
SIN WSSS
Singapore Changi Airport Singapore Singapore 1.35N, 103.99E
SKP LWSK
Skopje Alexander the Great Airport Skopje Macedonia 41.96N, 21.62E
SPU LDSP
Split Airport Split Croatia 43.54N, 16.30E
LED ULLI
Pulkovo Airport St. Petersburg Russia 59.80N, 30.26E
ARN ESSA
Stockholm-Arlanda Airport Stockholm Sweden 59.65N, 17.92E
STR EDDS
Stuttgart Airport Stuttgart Germany 48.69N, 9.22E
TPA KTPA
Tampa International Airport Tampa United States 27.98N, 82.53W
TLV LLBG
Ben Gurion International Airport Tel-aviv Israel 32.01N, 34.89E
TFS GCTS
Tenerife South Airport Tenerife Spain 28.05N, 16.57W
NRT RJAA
Narita International Airport Tokyo Japan 35.77N, 140.39E
YYZ CYYZ
Lester B. Pearson International Airport Toronto Canada 43.68N, 79.63W
VLC LEVC
Valencia Airport Valencia Spain 39.49N, 0.48W
VCE LIPZ
Venice Marco Polo Airport Venice Italy 45.51N, 12.35E
VIE LOWW
Vienna International Airport Vienna Austria 48.11N, 16.57E
WAW EPWA
Warsaw Chopin Airport Warsaw Poland 52.17N, 20.97E
IAD KIAD
Washington Dulles International Airport Washington United States 38.94N, 77.46W
NSI FKYS
Yaoundé Nsimalen International Airport Yaounde Cameroon 3.72N, 11.55E
ZAG LDZA
Zagreb Airport Zagreb Croatia 45.74N, 16.07E
ZRH LSZH
Zürich Airport Hub Zurich Switzerland 47.47N, 8.55E
Displaying verified commercial airport nodes catalogued via OpenFlights & aviation databases. 103 destinations shown

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Data Provenance & Audit Trail

  • Seed Source: Civil aviation registry baseline (OpenFlights / ICAO / Wikidata CC0).
  • Observed Fleet: Observation logs as of 2026-10-19.
  • Operational Status: Audited under rule pipeline (curated_defunct_registry).
  • Last Pipeline Build: 2026-10-19.