Euro CROSS - serving Europe on behalf of CROSS Switzerland. 20th of May 2022
Press Release | Cross the World
After almost six years of close cooperation, ECA and Cross decide to go one step further and unify their business into one single Holding. The resulting Group will emerge as the clear number one in Europe and will accordingly position itself as the most ideal partner of the region.
In this specific case, the Airline will from now on be managed by Cross Switzerland in cooperation with the Air Malaysia Group. European Central Airlines will furthermore be rebranded as ‘‘Euro CROSS’’, and focus on European point-to-point connections. In an attempt to fundamentally renew its Fleet, ECA will take delivery of around 200 new aircraft. In the meantime, the company will phase out its entire Turboprop Fleet, as well as all its remaining 787’s & older A32Fceo aircraft.
New Logo introduced by EuroCross (European Central Airlines)
European Central Airlines will be partially owned by Cross Switzerland (65,8%) and Air Malaysia Group (34,2%).
New Euro Cross livery (European Central Airlines)
Cross Switzerland livery
pre-merger European Central Airlines livery (2018-2022)
Franceavia, the French subsidiary of European Central Airlines, will on the other hand continue to see itself as a network airline and will specialize primarily on flights to and from Lyon and Nice. The company will be managed in close cooperation with its La Réunion based sister company, OVS (Overseas Express).
The company will replace all of its remaining A32Fceo aircraft by A32Fneo’s.
Franceavia new livery
OVS Express livery
pre-merger Franceavia livery (2018-2022)
New livery Central American (Panama Skyservice)
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that Central American livery
AMAZING !
Love love love love love IT ! It is very PanAm/Eastern-ish and is simply amazing to look at. The silver belly - is something i have always loved.
Old CP AIR (Canadian Pacific) with their orange livery and the silver belly planes are what got me in to aircraft to begin with. I can still remember seeing them take of from old YVR so many years ago.
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Hey,
Thank you so much!
Indeed, the livery itself is very much inspired by the Pan Am livery during the late 50’s & 60’s
I even drew the same Pan Am font since it was nowhere to be found… (at least the 50/60’s Pan Am font which looks so much better than the font used from 1973 on until 1991)
I must say I also prefer old liveries over the new ones - although I also design many Euro-white liveries, the silver belly ones (most with cheatline) just look way more elegant to me ^^
Yeah I also do appreciate the classic CP Air livery on the 747’s… can’t get any more 70’s like ^^
but Pan Am’s 1957-1970’s livery will always be my personal number one 
KLA1726 will be the last Euro Cross (European Central Airlines) flight, operated onboard of a Turboprop aircraft (ATR72-600 reg LX-AZZ to be specific). The flight will leave Zurich on the 26th of July at 21:55 LT and arrive in Luxemburg at 22:53 LT.
LX-AZZ wearing the old livery with ‘‘Goodbye ATR72’’ titles.
LX-AJA wearing the new livery with ‘‘Goodbye ATR72’’ titles
3 cultures one System
Euro Cross is thrilled to announce a new strategic alliance with Brit Blu. The British Airline specialized in leisure travel and regional Air services will take over Europe’s most renowned continental Shuttle Airline, which enables many new flight opportunities for all our customers.
Euro Cross, also known as European Central Airlines (ECA), was founded in 2016 and witnessed many changes throughout the years in terms of organizational culture, including name changes, changes in strategy and ownership changes, having been founded by KloppAir Holding and being sold to Cross Switzerland in May 2022. The company has a longstanding history in terms of cooperation with Brit Blu and the entire British Falcon family. ECA will coordinate its future development closely in cooperation with its British partners, while switching the focus for intercontinental flight connections from Switzerland to the United Kingdom. Euro Cross connects almost every European city and is run by a staff coming from many different backgrounds, therefore perfectly matching the European credo of being united in diversity. The change of ownership won’t affect Euro Cross’s membership in the Global Excellence Alliance nor existing Interlining agreements.
Brit Blu will also acquire Worldport’s Australian & New Zealand based ground services division. Both companies will remain being associated as partners of the Cross Global Invest network.
Sale of French division
Along with the sale of Cross Switzerland’s main European subdivision, Swisslines Group will also transfer France’s international Flag Carrier and Paris centered Overseas Express (OVS) as well as metropolitan partner Franceavia to Brit Blu. OVS and Franceavia will be closely monitored in cooperation with London based British Falcon. Both companies will continue to be part of the Global Excellence Alliance and provide excellent care by putting the focus on premium customers.
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