1995 - 2002

 




 

The Airbus A320 and the A320 family are now one of the most successfull Aircraft-families in the world. The 150 seat A320 is the foundation and best selling member of the family. The base-model A320 was developed in the 80's as a competitor to the Boeing 737 and the MD-80 families. The A320 is perhaps best known as the first airliner to introduce a fly-by-wire flight control system! Its first flight was on February 22nd, 1988.
At that time Swissair was still taking deliveries of MD-80's. With the introduction of the family concept and the models A319 and A321 Swissair decided to change to an Airbus shorthaul fleet in the mid 90's.
Swissair ordered and operated a total of twenty A320's, along with company A321's and A319's. Swissair was the first airline to fly all of the (then) three members of the A320 family.

 

Manufacturer
Airbus Industrie
Span
34.10 m
Length 
37.60 m
Height 
11.80 m
Power
2 x 120 kN (27.000 lb) CFM56-5B4
Cruising Speed
850 km/h
Passengers
150
Range
3600 km
Area of Operation
Europe, North Africa, NearEast

 

HB-IJA

Airbus A320-214

# 533

31.05.1995

31.03.2002

Opfikon
(F-WWIF) Delivered new to Swissair as HB-IJA.
Flew with China Northwest Airlines as B-2224 an CCM Corse Mediteranee as F-GYFK after Swissair collapse. tehn to Yes Airways and OLT Express as SP-IAA then SmartLynx and Cronos Airlines as YL-LCL.

HB-IJB

Airbus A320-214

# 545

29.08.1995

31.03.2002

Embrach
(F-WWII) Delivered new to Swissair as HB-IJB. Was stored in Lemwerder (D) after Swissair Swissair collapse and went to THY as TC-JLA in July '04. Back to Swiss skies for SWISS on November 1st, 2006 and still flying there.

HB-IJC

Airbus A320-214

# 548

15.09.1995

31.03.2002

Winkel
(F-WWIJ) Delivered new to Swissair as HB-IJC.
Flew with China Northwest Ailines as B-2214 and CCM Corse Mediteranee as F-GYFL after Swissair collapse. Then with White as CS-TQO since July 2010, and afterwards to Whitejets as PR-WTB.

HB-IJD

Airbus A320-214

# 553

23.10..1995

31.03.2002

Regensdorf
(F-WWIE) Delivered new to Swissair as HB-IJD. Wore a special Color Scheme for Gate Gourmet's 'Natural Food' Concept, but never flew in it...
Went to Aer Lingus as EI-CZV and THY as TC-JLH after Swissair collapse, and came back to SWISS on November 15th, 2007 as HB-IJD

HB-IJE

Airbus A320-214

# 559

24.11.1995

31.03.2002

Dübendorf
(F-WWIP) Delivered new to Swissair as HB-IJE. Wore blue Qualiflyer Belly.
Went to Aer Lingus as EI-CZW and THY as TC-JLI after Swissair collapse. Back to SWISS on December 1st, 2007 as HB-IJE

HB-IJF

Airbus A320-214

# 562

15.12.1995

31.03.2002

Bellevue
(F-WWDQ) Delivered new to Swissair as HB-IJF.
Was stored in Lemwerder and ZRH until taken over in July 2004 by THY as TC-JLB. Aircraft 'returned' to SWISS in April 2007 as HB-IJF

HB-IJG

Airbus A320-214

# 566

19.01.1996

31.03.2002

Illnau-Effretikon
(F-WWIN) Delivered new to Swissair as HB-IJG.
Was stored in Lemwerder and ZRH until taken over in August 2004 by THY as TC-JLC, now wearing a special Livery. In Deceber 2006 sold to Mexicana as XA-MXF. Then YES and OLT Express as SP-IAB. To SmartLynx Estonia AS ES-SAL in January 2013.

HB-IJH

Airbus A320-214

# 574

29.02.1996

31.03.2002

Wangen-Brüttisellen
(F-WWDN) Delivered new to Swissair as HB-IJH.
Was stored in Lemwerder and ZRH until taken over in August 2004 by THY as TC-JLD.
Returned to SWISS as HB-IJH in April 2007.

HB-IJI

Airbus A320-214

# 577

21.03.1996

31.03.2002

Binningen
(F-WWDT) Delivered new to Swissair as HB-IJI.
Taken over by SWISS and still flying there.

HB-IJJ

Airbus A320-214

# 585

10.05.1996

31.03.2002

Dietlikon
(F-WWIV) Delivered new to Swissair as HB-IJJ.
Taken over by SWISS and still flying there.

HB-IJK

Airbus A320-214

# 596

25.06.1996

31.03.2002

Genthod
(F-WWBH) Delivered new to Swissair as HB-IJK.
Taken over by SWISS and still flying there.

HB-IJL

Airbus A320-214

# 603

12.07.1996

31.03.2002

Bassersdorf
(F-WWBK) Delivered new to Swissair as HB-IJL.
Taken over by SWISS and still flying there.

HB-IJM

Airbus A320-214

# 635

29.11.1996

31.03.2002

Wallisellen
(F-WWDD) Delivered new to Swissair as HB-IJM.
Taken over by SWISS and still flying there.

HB-IJN

Airbus A320-214

# 643

20.12.1996

31.03.2002

Meyrin
(F-WWDI) Delivered new to Swissair as HB-IJN.
Taken over by SWISS and still flying there.

HB-IJO

Airbus A320-214

# 673

25.04.1997

31.03.2002

Grand-Saconnex
(F-WWBF) Delivered new to Swissair as HB-IJO.
Taken over by SWISS and still flying there.

HB-IJP

Airbus A320-214

# 681

29.05.1997

31.03.2002

Vernier
(F-WWBH) Delivered new to Swissair as HB-IJP
Taken over by SWISS and still flying there. Was the first aircraft to wear the new Swiss livery.

HB-IJQ

Airbus A320-214

# 701

30.06.1997

31.03.2002

Niederhasli
(F-WWDL) Delivered new to Swissair as HB-IJQ
Taken over by SWISS and still flying there.

HB-IJR

Airbus A320-214

# 703

16.07.1997

31.03.2002

Air-La-Ville
(F-WWDS) Delivered new to Swissair as HB-IJR.
Taken over by SWISS and still flying there.

HB-IJS

Airbus A320-214

# 782

24.03.1997

31.03.2002

Neerach
(F-WWDS) Delivered new to Swissair as HB-IJS.
Taken over by SWISS and still flying there.

HB-IJT

Airbus A320-214

# 870

20.05.1999

31.03.2002

Nürensdorf
(F-WWBX) Delivered new to Swissair as HB-IJT.
Taken over by SWISS and flew with them until October 2002.
Then to Air Luxor as CS-TQD, which changed its name to HiFly, and now with TAP Portugal under same Registration since May 2006

non Swissair

HB-IJU

Airbus A320-214

# 1951

N/A

Aircraft ordered by Crossair. Aircraft was delivered to SWISS as SWISS SUN on March, 28th 2003. Still flying for SWISS.

HB-IJV

Airbus A320-214

# 2024

N/A

Aircraft ordered by Crossair. Aircraft was delivered to SWISS as SWISS SUN on June, 12th 2003, then regular Swiss Livery. Afterwards to Edelweiss in April 2012.

HB-IJW

Airbus A320-214

# 2134

N/A

Aircraft ordered by Crossair. Aircraft was delivered to SWISS as SWISS SUN on February, 13th 2004. Still flying for SWISS.

HB-IJX

Airbus A320-214

# 2158

N/A

Aircraft ordered by Crossair. Aircraft was however cancelled by SWISS, and went to Air Arabia as A6-ABA.
Another A319 (MSN #1762) now has this Reg and flies for SWISS.

 

           
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Last Update February 2013

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