Swiss Private Aviation AG was a fully owned subsidiary of

Swiss International Air Lines Swiss International Air Lines AG, colloquially known as SWISS, is the flag carrier of Switzerland, operating scheduled services in Europe and to North America, South America, Africa and Asia. Zurich Airport serves as its sole hub and Ge ...

providing

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services as well as aircraft management and commercial charter services on behalf of its parent company. Its head office was located in the Swiss International Air Lines Zurich office in

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, Switzerland.

History

The airline was founded in 1984 as Servair Private Charter AG and was acquired by

and renamed Swiss Private Aviation on 17 July 2008. Swiss Private was also the operations platform for Lufthansa Private Jet, previously operated by Swiss European Air Lines. In February 2011, Swiss Private Aviation ceased operations as a result of restructuring. Following its closure, the company suggested

Lufthansa Deutsche Lufthansa AG (), commonly shortened to Lufthansa, is the flag carrier of Germany. When combined with its subsidiaries, it is the second- largest airline in Europe in terms of passengers carried. Lufthansa is one of the five founding ...

Private Jet Service as an alternative.

Fleet

The Swiss Private Aviation fleet consisted of the following aircraft types: *

Cessna Citation XLS+ The Cessna Citation Excel is an American midsize business jet built by Cessna. Announced in October 1994, the Model 560XL first flew on February 29, 1996, certification was granted in April 1998, and over 1,000 have been delivered. The , 20,20 ...

* Cessna Citation CJ1+ *

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Swiss Private Aviation

{{Airlines of Switzerland Defunct airlines of Switzerland Airlines established in 1984 Airlines disestablished in 2011 Former Star Alliance affiliate members Swiss companies disestablished in 2011 Swiss companies established in 1984