Crossair will complete its fleet expansion in the 50-seater category with delivery of its 25th Saab 2000 Concordino scheduled for 26 June.
The latest aircraft will replace Saab 340B aircraft on routes such as Basel to Hamburg and Dusseldorf. Aircraft number 24 joined the fleet on 30 May.
Crossair's Concordinos are operating on an average sector length of 546km, or 1h flying time, from all Crossair's hubs in Berne, Basel, Geneva, Lugano and Zurich.
Operating on a total of 35 routes, eight 2000s are dedicated to providing services on behalf of Swissair.
Josef Felder, Crossair's executive vice-president product management, says: "The Saab 2000 is performing extremely well at present.
"Despatch reliability during April 1997 was 98.8%, while 98.4% was achieved during the 1996/97 winter season."
Source: Flight Daily News
