Crossair Europe was an airline

Airline

An airline provides air transport services for traveling passengers and freight. Airlines lease or own their aircraft with which to supply these services and may form partnerships or alliances with other airlines for mutual benefit...

 headquartered on the grounds of EuroAirport Basel-Mulhouse-Freiburg

EuroAirport Basel-Mulhouse-Freiburg

EuroAirport Basel-Mulhouse-Freiburg is an international airport northwest of Basel , southeast of Mulhouse , and south of Freiburg . It is located in France, on the administrative territory of the commune of Saint-Louis near the Swiss and German borders...

 in Saint-Louis

Saint-Louis, Haut-Rhin

Saint-Louis is a commune in the Haut-Rhin department in Alsace in north-eastern France.The inhabitants are called Ludoviciens.-Geography:...

, Haut Rhin, France

France

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, near Basel

Basel

Basel or Basle In the national languages of Switzerland the city is also known as Bâle , Basilea and Basilea is Switzerland's third most populous city with about 166,000 inhabitants. Located where the Swiss, French and German borders meet, Basel also has suburbs in France and Germany...

, Switzerland

Switzerland

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. It operated scheduled services to destinations in Italy

Italy

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 and France

France

The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...

. Its main base was EuroAirport Basel-Mulhouse-Freiburg.

The airline ceased operations in 2005.

Code data

• IATA
  International Air Transport Association
  The International Air Transport Association is an international industry trade group of airlines headquartered in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, where the International Civil Aviation Organization is also headquartered. The executive offices are at the Geneva Airport in SwitzerlandIATA's mission is to...
  
   Code: QE
• ICAO Code: ECC
• Callsign: Cigogne

History

The airline was established in 1997 and started operations on 29 March 1998. It was launched by Crossair

Crossair

Crossair Ltd. Co. for Regional European Air Transport was a regional airline headquartered on the grounds of EuroAirport Basel-Mulhouse-Freiburg in Saint-Louis, Haut-Rhin, France, near Basel, Switzerland...

 in the Alsace

Alsace

Alsace is the fifth-smallest of the 27 regions of France in land area , and the smallest in metropolitan France. It is also the seventh-most densely populated region in France and third most densely populated region in metropolitan France, with ca. 220 inhabitants per km²...

 region of France

France

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 under French law to take advantage of airline liberalisation in the EU. Operations began as an independent company under the trade name Crossair Europe.

Crossair Europe was a subsidiary of Swiss International Air Lines

Swiss International Air Lines

Swiss International Air Lines AG is the principal airline of Switzerland operating scheduled services in Europe and to North America, South America, Africa and Asia. Its main hub is Zurich Airport...

 operating two Saab 2000s on their behalf. In March 2005 it was announced that Crossair Europe would be closed by the end of the month. The routes operated by Crossair Europe were taken over by Swiss International Air Lines, as the Crossair Europe subsidiary ceased operations at the end of March 2005.

Fleet

The Crossair Europe fleet consisted of 2 Saab 2000

Saab 2000

|-See also:-References:* Lambert, Mark. Jane's All The World's Aircraft 1993–94. Coulsdon, UK:Jane's Data Division, 1993. ISBN 0 7106 1066 1....

 aircraft (at January 2005). It had formerly operated three Saab 340Bs.