Editing Crossair (section)

==History==
The airline was founded as a private company under the name ''Business Flyers Basel AG'' in 1975 by Moritz Suter. The name later changed to ''Crossair'' on 18 November 1978, before the beginning of scheduled services on 2 July 1979, with flights from [[Zürich]] to [[Nuremberg]], [[Innsbruck]] and [[Klagenfurt]].{{Citation needed|date=June 2009}} It was headquartered at [[Zurich Airport]] in [[Kloten]] in 1985.<ref>"World Airline Directory." ''Flight International''. 30 March 1985. [http://www.flightglobal.com/pdfarchive/view/1985/1985%20-%200931.html 71]." Retrieved on  17 June 2009.</ref> 

It added [[charter]] services for major shareholder [[Swissair]] in November 1995.{{cn|date=March 2023}}

After parent company [[SAirGroup]] had to apply for a [[debt restructuring]] moratorium in October 2001, it became necessary to change the entire planning. On 31 March 2002, [[Swissair]] ceased all operations while most of its assets were taken over by Crossair which then was subsequently restructured and rebranded to become [[Swiss International Air Lines]].<ref name=ch-aviation/>