• Swissair (German: Schweizerische Luftverkehr-AG; French: S.A. Suisse pour la Navigation Aérienne) was the national airline of Switzerland between its founding...
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    Swissair Flight 111 (SR111/SWR111) was a scheduled international passenger flight from John F. Kennedy International Airport in New York City, United States...
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    Swissair Flight 330 (SR330/SWR330) was a regularly scheduled flight from Zurich Airport in Kloten, Switzerland, to Hong Kong with a planned stopover in...
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  • Swissair Asia AG was a subsidiary of Swissair founded due to the legal status of the Republic of China (Taiwan) and territory disputes with the People's...
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  • the bankruptcy in 2002 of Swissair, Switzerland's then-flag carrier. The new airline was built around what had been Swissair's regional subsidiary, Crossair...
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    Swissair Flight 306, a Sud Aviation SE-210 Caravelle III, named Schaffhausen, was a scheduled international flight from Zürich to Rome, via Geneva. It...
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  • Crossair (redirect from Swissair Regional)
    France, near Basel, Switzerland. After taking over most of the assets of Swissair following that airline's bankruptcy in 2002, Crossair was restructured...
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  • Grounding - Die letzten Tage der Swissair (en:Grounding - The last days of Swissair) is a film about the collapse in 2001 of Swissair, Switzerland's national airline...
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    02 t) per hour at Mach 0.78 (450 kn; 833 km/h) at sub-optimal parameters. Swissair bought eight 990As beginning in 1962, operating them on long-distance routes...
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  • an alternative to calling "mayday". For example, in 1998 Swissair Flight 111 radioed "Swissair one-eleven heavy is declaring emergency" after their situation...
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    On 7 October 1979, a Swissair DC-8 crashed while attempting to land at Athens-Ellinikon International Airport in Athens, Greece. Of the 154 passengers...
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    (connected to the mainland by a small bridge) Moser's Island Micou's Island The Swissair Flight 111 Memorial is located at The Whalesback, a promontory approximately...
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    city. From 1919, the airport was home to Swissair's predecessor Ad Astra Aero, and from 1932 also to Swissair. The first flight crossing the alps was on...
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  • shareholder, filed criminal charges against the former Swissair management. The former Swissair management was condemned by the judges. On 16 January 2007...
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    shortened-fuselage variant of the Airbus A320 and entered service in April 1996 with Swissair, around two years after the stretched Airbus A321 and eight years after...
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  • industry. In 1996 and 2000/01 he was Chief Operating Officer (COO) of Swissair and President of the SAir Group Executive Committee in the period from...
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    subsidiary of Swissair, code-shared on the flight. The carrier operated a hub at the EuroAirport, from which it flew to 40 regional destinations. Swissair terminated...
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  • Groupthink (section Swissair)
    Rammal illustrate the detrimental role of groupthink in the collapse of Swissair, a Swiss airline company that was thought to be so financially stable that...
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    civilian model Ju 86B could carry ten passengers. Two were delivered to Swissair and five to Deutsche Luft Hansa. In addition a single civilian Ju 86Z was...
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  • former aviation executive. Corti is the former CEO and chairman of defunct Swissair. Corti was born October 22, 1946, in Lausanne, Switzerland to Jean Wilhelm...
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  • Swissport (category Swissair)
    handling. The company was founded in 1996 as Swissair Ground Services International, independent of the former Swissair. In the following years, the company expanded...
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    1950. On 6 September, TWA Flight 741 from Frankfurt (a Boeing 707) and Swissair Flight 100 from Zürich (a Douglas DC-8) were forced to land at Dawson's...
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    Turkey. American energy company Enron and the European airlines Sabena and Swissair all ended operations in 2001. Popular culture in 2001 saw the beginnings...
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    Dragonair, Federal Express, Finnair, Korean Air, Scandinavian Airlines, Swissair, Thai Airways International, and VARIG) and two leasing companies (Guinness...
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    July 1978, the A310 (initially the A300B10) was launched with orders from Swissair and Lufthansa. On 3 April 1982, the first prototype conducted its maiden...
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  • Lines 14 Swissair 20 One written off as Swissair Flight 111. Ceased operation in 2002 Transferred to Swiss International Air Lines. Swissair Asia 5 Operated...
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  • Seaboard World Airlines ♠ Singapore Airlines ♠ South African Airways ♠ Swissair ♠ TAP Air Portugal ♠ Thai Airways International ♠ Tower Air Transamerica...
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  • corner equally along each axis 111 Ate, a main-belt asteroid Transport: Swissair Flight 111 111 (MBTA bus) 111 (New Jersey bus) Music: 111 (Her Majesty...
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  • authorization for the mission and rebook their cancelled tickets on a Swissair flight. Tensions rise at the airport, where the escapees' new ticket reservations...
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    AFS from Swissair". Rediff.com. 5 June 2003. Archived from the original on 13 March 2005. Retrieved 17 February 2009. "TCS acquires Swissair stake in...
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