Swissair

global flag carrier, national size, CH.

Ownership: mixed, flag carrier
Starting fleet: 3 x Boeing 747-200B, 6 x McDonnell Douglas DC-10-30, 12 x Douglas DC-8 Super 62 and 63, 41 x McDonnell Douglas DC-9-30
Bases: ZRH
Starting routes: ZRH-LAX, ZRH-JFK, ZRH-BOM, ZRH-DXB, ZRH-ORD, ZRH-BOS, ZRH-JED, ZRH-LHR, ZRH-ORY, ZRH-FRA, ZRH-AMS, ZRH-BRU, ZRH-FCO, ZRH-MAD, ZRH-LIS, ZRH-BCN, ZRH-PMI, ZRH-ATH, ZRH-CPH
Confidence: estimated (to be verified)

Fleets and networks are approximations for the prototype and are scaled to the model. Source: Swissair: launch customer for the MD-80 (ordered October 1977, service 10 October 1980), the 747-300 (ordered 11 June 1980, service 28 March 1983) and, with Lufthansa, the A310; took the first DC-10-30 on 21 November 1972. The 1975 Zurich vote linked an airport expansion to a night flight ban. Fleet, routes and finance are estimates.