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.
Swissair Asia was formed to serve Taipei, Taiwan, within the Republic of China, while Swissair was maintaining service to the People's Republic of China.[1] It began operating a twice-weekly service between Zurich and Taipei via Bangkok in 1995.[2] The airline ceased operating when their parent company Swissair went bankrupt in 2001.[3]
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Aircraft formerly used by Swissair Asia had the Chinese character "瑞" (ruì, which means from the Chinese character for "propitious" or "lucky" and translation of Switzerland, "瑞士" (Ruìshì), on the tail fin instead of the cross. The kanji character was designed by the Basel-based Japanese calligrapher Sakamoto Sanae (坂本早苗).[4][5]
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