Below you can see the complete Crossair Fleet from 1975 to 2002.


Manufacturer
various
Introduction
1975 & later
Span
n/a
Length 
n/a
Height 
n/a
Passengers
10 and less

Their First aircraft included various different Cessnas and even a Piper Colt. In 1977 the first Jet Aircraft (Cessna 551) joined the Crossair fleet.

1975
Cessna 310P
HB-LFK
1975
Piper L4
HB-OJC
1976
Cessna 421B
HB-LFZ

1976
Cessna T210
HB-CSP
1977
Cessna 551
HB-VGE		  

 
Manufacturer
Fairchield Swearingen
Introduction
1979
Span
14.10 m
Length 
18.09 m
Height 
5.08 m
Passengers
19
Units
3

After Crossair was established in 1975 from the former Business Flyers AG two Metro II were acquired to complete the fleet of Cessna's & the Piper.

1979
c/n: TC291
HB-LLA
1979
c/n: TC297
HB-LLB
ca 1980
c/n: TC330
HB-LLC

 
Manufacturer
Fairchield Swearingen
Introduction
Span
14.10 m
Length 
18.09 m
Height 
5.08 m
Passengers
19
Units
9

The Metro III was the sucessor to the Metro II and Crossair ordered 9 units in the years from 1980 to 1984.


c/n : AC425
HB-LLD


c/n : AC429
HB-LLE

c/n : AC445
HB-LLF


c/n : AC448
HB-LNA

c/n : AC470
HB-LNB

c/n : AC???
HB-LNC


c/n : AC505B
HB-LND

c/n : AC519
HB-LNE

c/n : AC537
HB-LNO

 
Manufacturer
Saab Fairchild, Sweden
Introduction
1984
Span
21.44 m
Length 
19.73 m
Height 
6.97 m
Passengers
33
Units
34
Small drawings adopted from http://www.swiss-wings.net.ms/

Their First aircraft included

1984-1990
c/n: 5
HB-AHA
1984-1993
c/n: 7
HB-AHB
1984-1996
c/n: 9
HB-AHC

1985-1995
c/n: 18
HB-AHD
1985- 1991
c/n: 20
HB-AHE
1985-1989
c/n: 26
HB-AHF

1985-1990
c/n: 30
HB-AHG
1985-1991
c/n: 40
HB-AHH
1986-1991
c/n: 43
HB-AHI

1986-1991
c/n: 49
HB-AHK
1987-1990
c/n: 82
HB-AHL
1987-1992
c/n: 84
HB-AHM

1987-1990
c/n: 88
HB-AHN
1988-1994
c/n: 113
HB-AHO
1988-1990
c/n: 120
HB-AHP

1988-1990
c/n: 122
HB-AHQ
1988-1994
c/n: 126
HB-AHR
1988-1996
c/n: 132
HB-AHS

1988-1996
c/n: 134
HB-AHT
1989-2001
c/n: 160
HB-AKA
1989-2001
c/n: 161
HB-AKB

1989-2001
c/n: 164
HB-AKC

 1989-1998
c/n: 173
HB-AKD
1990-2001
c/n: 176
HB-AKE

1990-2000
c/n: 182
HB-AKF

 1990-2002
c/n: 185
HB-AKG		 1990-2000
c/n: 200
HB-AKH

1990-2000
c/n: 208
HB-AKI
1990-2000
c/n: 213
HB-AKK
1990-2002
c/n: 215
HB-AKL

1991-2002
c/n: 221
HB-AKM
1991-2001
c/n: 225
HB-AKN
1991-2002
c/n: 228
HB-AKO

1991-1997
c/n: 168
HB-AKP

 
Manufacturer
Fokker, NL
Introduction
1990
Span
29.00 m
Length 
25.25 m
Height 
8.32 m
Passengers
50
Units
5 + 3
drawing adopted from http://www.swiss-wings.net.ms/

Crossair had some Fokker 50 in service, and also some leased F27's during short periods of time.

1990-1995
c/n: 20182
HB-IAN
1990-1995
c/n: 20192
HB-IAO
1990-1995
c/n: 20202
HB-IAP

1991-1995
c/n: 20210
HB-IAR
1991-1995
c/n: 20220
HB-IAS		    

Fokker 27 on lease from other Airlines:

1984
c/n: 10137
D-BAKU

1984
c/n: 10257
OE-HLA
1984
c/n: 551
OO-DTA

 
Manufacturer
BAE Systems / Avro
Introduction
1990
Span
26.34 m
Length 
28.60 m
Height 
8.59 m
Passengers
85
Units
7

Crossair had Various BAE-146 which they called "Jumbolino" They had a total of 7 BAE146-200 or Avro 85 and also BAE146-300 / Avro100 described further down.
HB-IXB/IXC/IXD were delivered as BAE 146-200, the remaining four as more modern Avro RJ-85

BAe 146-200

1990-1993
c/n: 2036
HB-IXB
1990-1994
c/n: 2072
HB-IXC
1990-1993
c/n: 2073
HB-IXD

Avro 85

1993-2002
c/n: 2226
HB-IXF
1993-2002
c/n: 2231
HB-IXG
1993-2002
c/n: 2233
HB-IXH

1993-2002
c/n: 2235
HB-IXK

        

 
Manufacturer

BAE Systems / Avro

Introduction
1991
Span
26.34 m
Length 
30.99 m
Height 
8.59 m
Passengers
100
Units
18

Next to the Avro 85/BAe 145-200 Crossair also operated a total of 2 BAe 146-300 (IXZ and IXY) and 15 Avro 100. The Older BAe were replaced in 1996, but the Avro RJ100 stayed in Crossair's fleet until 2002, when they were transferred to Swiss Air Lines, where (most of them) still fly today.

BAe 146-300

1991-1996
c/n: 3118
HB-IXZ
1994-1996
c/n: 3163
HB-IXY		    

Avro RJ100

1996-2002
c/n: 3259
HB-IXT


1995-2002
c/n: 3262
HB-IXX


1995-2002
c/n: 3272
HB-IXW

1995-2002
c/n: 3274
HB-IXV
1995-2002
c/n: 3276
HB-IXU
1996-2002
c/n: 3280
HB-IXS

1996-2002
c/n: 3281
HB-IXR
1996-2002
c/n: 3282
HB-IXQ
1996-2002
c/n: 3283
HB-IXP

1996-2002
c/n: 3284
HB-IXO
1996-2002
c/n: 3286
HB-IXN
1996-2001
c/n: 3291
HB-IXM

1998-2002
c/n: 3338
HB-IYZ
1998-2002
c/n: 3339
HB-IYY
1999-2002
c/n: 3357
HB-IYX

1999-2002
c/n: 3359
HB-IYW

 
Manufacturer
Saab, Sweden
Introduction
1995
Span
24.76 m
Length 
27.28 m
Height 
7.73 m
Passengers
50
Units
34
drawings adopted from http://www.swiss-wings.net.ms/

Crossair was Launch Customer and the largest operator of Saab 2000's. The Saab 2000's design was heavily influenced by Crossair, as it was built to meet their needs. Crossair operated a total of 34 units, many of which continued service at Swiss Int'l Air Lines.

1995-2002
c/n: 4
HB-IZA

 1994-2002
c/n: 5
HB-IZB		 1994-2002
c/n: 6
HB-IZC

1994-2002
c/n: 7
HB-IZD

 1994-2002
c/n: 8
HB-IZE		 1994-2002
c/n: 9
HB-IZF

1995-2002
c/n: 10
HB-IZG

 1995-2002
c/n: 11
HB-IZH		 1995-2002
c/n: 12
HB-IZI

1995-2002
c/n: 15
HB-IZJ

 1995-2002
c/n: 18
HB-IZK		 1995-2002
c/n: 22
HB-IZL

1995-2002
c/n: 24
HB-IZM

 1995-2002
c/n: 26
HB-IZN		 1995-2002
c/n: 29
HB-IZO

1996-2001
c/n: 31
HB-IZP

 1996-2002
c/n: 32
HB-IZQ		 1996-2002
c/n: 33
HB-IZR

1996-2002
c/n: 35
HB-IZS

 1996-2002
c/n: 36
HB-IZT		 1996-2002
c/n: 37
HB-IZU

1996-2002
c/n: 38
HB-IZV

 1996-2002
c/n: 39
HB-IZW		 1996-2002
c/n: 41
HB-IZX

1997-2002
c/n: 47
HB-IZY

 1997-2002
c/n: 48
HB-IZZ		 1998-2002
c/n: 56
HB-IYA

1998-2002
c/n: 57
HB-IYB

 1998-2002
c/n: 58
HB-IYC		 1998-2002
c/n: 59
HB-IYD

1999-2002
c/n: 60
HB-IYE

 1999-2002
c/n: 61
HB-IYF		 1999-2002
c/n: 62
HB-IYG

1999-2002
c/n: 63
HB-IYH

    

 
Manufacturer
McDonnell Douglas (USA)
Introduction
1995
Span
32.86 m
Length 
45.08 m
Height 
8.93 m
Passengers
129
Units
12

Crossair used different versions of the MD-80 Family, including MD-80, MD-81, MD-82 and MD-83's. Most of the aircraft were taken over from either Balair or Swissair. Some were delivered new to Crossair
For more detailed informations about these aircraft, go to the MD-81 Page of the Fleet Section.

1995-2001
# 49277 / 1181
HB-INR
1995-2002
# 49359 / 1349
HB-INV
1995-2001
# 49569 / 1405
HB-INW

1995-2001
# 49572 / 1468
HB-INZ
1996-2002
# 49442 / 1358
HB-ISX
1995-2002
# 49930 / 1720
HB-ISZ

1996-2002
# 53149 / 1817
HB-IUG
1996-2002
# 53150 / 1831
HB-IUH
1997-2002
# 49847 / 1585
HB-IUM

1998-2002
# 49769 / 1559
HB-IUN
1998-2002
# 49857 / 1687
HB-IUO
1999-2002
# 49856 / 1675
HB-IUP

 
Manufacturer
Embraer
Introduction
2000
Span
  
Length 
  
Height 
  
Passengers
  
Units
22
drawing adopted from http://www.swiss-wings.net.ms/

Crossair ordered 25 Embraer ERJ 145 and took delivery of 22 (the last three only came after the company transformed into SWISS). They flew from 2000 until the end of Crossair, and were all transferred to Swiss thereafter. However, Swiss did not keep them very long, and sold the whole Embraer Fleet in the years from 2003-2006.

2000-2002
c/n: 232
HB-JAA
2000-2002
c/n: 240
HB-JAB
2000-2002
c/n: 255
HB-JAC

2000-2002
c/n: 269
HB-JAD
2000-2002
c/n: 281
HB-JAE
2000-2002
c/n: 313
HB-JAF

2000-2002
c/n: 321
HB-JAG
2000-2002
c/n: 341
HB-JAH
2000-2002
c/n: 351
HB-JAI

2001-2002
c/n: 382
HB-JAJ
2001-2002
c/n: 387
HB-JAK
2001-2002
c/n: 400
HB-JAL

2001-2002
c/n: 420
HB-JAM
2001-2002
c/n: 434
HB-JAN
2001-2002
c/n: 456
HB-JAO

2001-2002
c/n: 475
HB-JAP
2001-2002
c/n: 498
HB-JAQ
2001-2002
c/n: 510
HB-JAR

2002
c/n: 559
HB-JAS
2002
c/n: 564
HB-JAT
2002
c/n: 570
HB-JAU

2002
c/n: 574
HB-JAV

    

 


Manufacturer
Embraer
Introduction
n/a
Span
26.00 m
Length 
29.90 m
Height 
9.67 m
Passengers
70
Units
n/a

As the launch customer of the new ERJ-170 and ERJ-190 programs, Crossair has signed a purchase agreement for 30 firm orders for both the 70-seat ERJ-170 and the 108-seat ERJ-190-200 regional jets. In addition, Crossair has placed options on a further 100 aircraft, although the exact breakdown between the two versions has not yet been decided. These Orders were later cancelled by Swiss, and delivery of the aircraft has never taken place...

Embraer
170 & 190


Embraer 170
Embraer 170

 
Manufacturer
Airbus Industrie
Introduction
2003
Span
34.10 m
Length 
37.60 m
Height 
11.80 m
Passengers
150
Units
n/a

Crossair ordered Airbus A320 as a replacement for their older MD-80's However the delivery dates were only in 2003, and three of the original order of four were delivered to SWISS for their Charter Operations under the Swiss Sun brand. For more information on these aircraft, check out the A320 section in the Swissair Fleet.

2003
c/n: 1951
HB-IJU
2003
c/n: 2024
HB-IJV
2004
c/n: 2134
HB-IJW

not delivered
c/n: 2158
HB-IJX

    

 

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