DALLAS – Today in Aviation, Swiss regional carrier Darwin Airline (F7) was founded in 2003. Management planned to take over several routes formerly flown by Crossair (LX) after the latter took over the assets of Swissair (SR) in 2002.
Operations commenced on July 28, 2004 with services between Geneva (GVA) and its Lugano Airport (LUG) base, utilising a fleet of Saab 2000s. The airline helped the manufacturer gain steep approach approval for the aircraft into LUG.
Source:: “Airways Magazine”