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===Takeover by Lufthansa=== Following Lufthansa Group's takeover,<ref name="lufthansagroup">{{cite web|url=http://www.swiss.com/web/en/about_swiss/media/press_releases/2005/Pages/pr_20050322.aspx |access-date=27 July 2009 |url-status=dead | title=SWISS takes off into a new future with Lufthansa | date=2005 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081024215005/http://www.swiss.com/web/EN/about_swiss/media/press_releases/2005/Pages/pr_20050322.aspx |archive-date=24 October 2008 }}</ref> the regional fleet was changed from Crossair's [[Embraer]] [[Embraer ERJ family|ERJs]], [[Saab 340]]s, and [[Saab 2000|2000s]] to [[British Aerospace 146|Avro RJs]], which were flown by a wholly owned [[subsidiary]], [[Swiss Global Air Lines]]. The rest of the fleet was rationalised and now mainly consists of Airbus aircraft, apart from the [[Boeing 777]]. Swiss also renegotiated their supplier contracts, including [[Aircraft ground handling|ground handling]], [[Aircraft maintenance|maintenance]], food service, and labour. Swiss shareholders received a performance-based option for their shares. The payment was in 2008, and the amount depended on how well Lufthansa's shares compared with competitors' shares. Lufthansa continues to maintain Swiss as a separate brand. In 2010, Swiss and Lufthansa were named in a [[European Commission]] investigation into price-fixing but were not fined due to acting as a [[Whistleblowing|whistleblower]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.flightglobal.com/articles/2010/11/09/349520/eleven-airlines-fined-in-european-cargo-cartel-investigation.html|access-date=10 November 2010|title=Eleven airlines fined in European cargo cartel investigation|archive-date=12 November 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101112051132/http://www.flightglobal.com/articles/2010/11/09/349520/eleven-airlines-fined-in-european-cargo-cartel-investigation.html|url-status=live}}</ref> On 18 August 2011, Swiss introduced a new company logo<ref>{{Cite press release |title=SWISS reinforce son positionnement et affine son image de marque |publisher=Swiss |language=fr |trans-title=SWISS strengthens its positioning and refines its brand image |date=4 October 2011 |url=http://www.swiss.com/web/EN/about_swiss/media/press_releases/Pages/pr_20110818.aspx?1317743663367&Country=CH}}{{Dead link|date=April 2024}}</ref> which resembled the logo of the defunct [[Swissair]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=19 August 2011 |title=New logo: Swiss International Air Lines |url=http://brandingsource.blogspot.com/2011/08/new-logo-swiss-international-air-lines.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111105013348/http://brandingsource.blogspot.com/2011/08/new-logo-swiss-international-air-lines.html |archive-date=5 November 2011 |access-date=4 October 2011}}</ref>
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