{{Short description|Airline of Switzerland and Taiwan (1995–2001)}} {{Infobox airline | airline = Swissair Asia AG<br />{{nobold|{{lang|zh-hant|瑞士亞洲航空}}}} | logo = Swissair Asia Logo.png | logo_size = | IATA = SR | ICAO = SWR | callsign = SWISSAIR | founded = {{start date|1995|01|18|df=yes}} | commenced = {{start date|1995|04|07|df=yes}} | ceased = {{end date|2002|03|31|df=yes}} | hubs = | secondary_hubs = | focus_cities = {{ubl|class=nowrap | Taipei–Taoyuan | Zurich}} | frequent_flyer = Qualiflyer | alliance = | subsidiaries = | fleet_size = 6 | destinations = 3 | parent = Swissair | headquarters = | key_people = | website = }} {{Chinese | order = ts | t = 瑞士亞洲航空 | s = 瑞士亚洲航空 | p = Ruìshì Yàzhōu Hángkōng | w = Jui-shih Ya-chou Hang-k'ung | poj = Sūi-sū A-chiu Hâng-khong }}

'''Swissair Asia''' was a subsidiary of Swissair founded due to the legal status of the Republic of China (Taiwan) and territory disputes with the People's Republic of China in order to allow Swissair to continue flying to Taiwan from Switzerland.{{clarify|Was it established as a Swiss or Taiwanese company/airline?|date=February 2023}}

== History == Swissair Asia was formed to serve Taipei, Taiwan, within the Republic of China, while Swissair maintained service to the People's Republic of China.<ref>"World Airline Directory." ''Flight International''. 28 March-3 April 2000. [http://www.flightglobal.com/pdfarchive/view/2000/2000%20-%200974.html]-[http://www.flightglobal.com/pdfarchive/view/2000/2000%20-%200975.html].</ref> It began operating a twice-weekly service between Zürich and Taipei via Bangkok on 7 April 1995.<ref>{{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=qF8pAQAAIAAJ&q=%22Swissair+Asia%22+Taipei+Bangkok |title=Aircraft & Aerospace |volume=75 |publisher=Peter Isaacson Publications Pty. Limited |year=1995 |page=8}}</ref> The airline ceased operations when the parent company Swissair went bankrupt in 2001;<ref>{{Cite web|title=Swissair Asia history from Europe, Switzerland|url=https://airlinehistory.co.uk/airline/swissair-asia/|access-date=2021-11-03|website=Airline History|language=en-GB}}</ref> no successor airline was organized by Swissair's own successor, Swiss International Air Lines, which does not operate flights to Taipei (either directly or under a subsidiary).

== Livery == The aircraft used by Swissair Asia had the Chinese character "{{linktext|瑞|lang=zh}}" ({{lang|zh-Latn-pinyin|ruì}}), the Chinese character for "propitious" or "lucky" and first character in the phonetic (in southern Chinese languages) translation of Switzerland, "{{linktext|瑞士|lang=zh}}" (Jyutping: {{lang|yue-jyutping|seoi6 si6}}; Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: {{Transliteration|hak|Sui-sṳ}}; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: {{lang|nan-Latn-pehoeji|Sūi-sū}}; Pinyin: {{lang|zh-Latn-pinyin|Ruìshì}}), on the tail fin instead of the Swiss cross. The kanji character was designed by the Basel-based Japanese calligrapher {{nihongo|Sanae Sakamoto|坂本 早苗|Sakamoto Sanae}}.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.sanaesakamoto.ch/werke-swissair|title=Swissair Asia|website=Sanaesakamoto|access-date=7 November 2021}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://claudiageiser.ch/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/Press_release_Sanae_Sakamoto.pdf|title=Sanae Sakamoto: "Tao and Zen"|website=Xlaudiageiser.ch|access-date=7 November 2021}}</ref>

== Destinations == === Asia === * Thailand ** Bangkok – Don Mueang International Airport ('''Stop-over''') * Republic of China (Taiwan) ** Taipei – Chiang Kai-shek International Airport ('''Focus city''')

=== Europe === * Switzerland ** Zurich – Zurich Airport ('''Focus city''')

== Fleet == {{no sources section|date=August 2025}} [[File:HB-IWN 1 MD-11 Swissair Asia ZRH 28AUG99 (6893599629).jpg|thumb|A Swissair Asia McDonnell Douglas MD-11 taxiing at Zurich Airport in August 1999]] [[File:Swiss International Air Lines McDonnell Douglas MD-11 HB-IWN (24302007219).jpg|thumb|The same McDonnell Douglas MD-11 following the collapse of Swissair, retaining the Swissair Asia tail but with Swiss International Air Lines' logo]]

Swissair Asia operated the following aircraft:

{| class="wikitable" style="border-collapse:collapse;text-align:center" |+ Swissair Asia Fleet !rowspan="2"|Aircraft !rowspan="2"|In service !rowspan="2"|Orders !colspan="4"|Passengers !rowspan="2"|Notes |- !{{abbr|F|First Class}} !{{abbr|C|Business Class}} !{{abbr|Y|Economy Class}} !Total |- |McDonnell Douglas MD-11 |6 |&mdash; |12 |49 |180 |241 | |- !Total !2 !&mdash; !colspan="5"| |}

== See also == * Australia Asia Airlines * British Asia Airways * Japan Asia Airways * KLM Asia * Air France Asie

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