Brugisser's (CEO SR) statement was 'just' a 'side' statement when he presented SR's financial results (1999) to the press today.

The guessings and conclusions in this (yahoo) article summarizes correctly SR's (and TG's) positions today.

The next 'big' thing/question: who will be the future 'winning' bidder to acquain a minoity stake in TG's shares? (Until now Lufthansa, Singapore, Swissair, anyone-else?, said they are 'in talks' with the Thai governement on this).