Swiss airline Crossair took delivery of the first of three former PSA/USAir BAe 146-200s in April 1990. A series 300 joined them in September 1991. In 1993, the 146s were replaced by four new-build Avro RJ85s. RJ100s started arriving in late 1995. Unfortunately, the airline’s RJ operations were marred by the crash of Crossair RJ100 HB-IXM (msn E3291) near Zürich on 24 November 2001. In 2002, Crossair became the nucleus of Swiss, together with the rump of bankrupt Swissair, at which time the airline’s fleet included four RJ85s and fifteen RJ100s.
News items on Crossair:
- BAE Systems marks Swiss BAe 146/Avro RJ anniversary (2017-03-28)
- Crossair managers acquitted over Avro RJ crash (2008-05-20)
- Crossair managers face trial over Avro RJ crash (2008-04-30)
- Former Crossair officials charged over Avro RJ100 crash (2007-11-01)
- Swiss CEO resigns over Avro RJ crash (2004-03-18)
- Crossair crash report published (2004-02-04)
- Swiss to restructure regional operations (2003-05-05)
- Preliminary Crossair crash report shows no aircraft problems (2002-12-29)
- Swiss takes off (2002-04-01)
- First Avro RJ painted in Swiss colors (2002-02-28)
- Crossair to go Swiss (2002-01-31)
- Crossair Avro RJ100 crashes near Zürich (2001-11-26)
- Crossair split from Swissair (2001-10-07)
- Crossair and Swissair shorthaul fleets to be integrated (2001-09-26)
- Avro RJ100 demonstrated to Libyan Arab (1999-11-30)
- Crossair to place an Avro RJ100 on stand-by (1999-09-30)
- Crossair reorders Avro RJ100s (1997-12-31)