This issue has bothered me for several years - but I was hoping for some resolution.

Flying out of Zurich, BA has the usual carts which avail four newspapers for their passengers. As far as I can remember, one of the Swiss choices was the weekly "Weltwoche". This was a very reputable weekly paper for almost seven decades, until 2002. However, thereafter it was taken over by the extreme nationalist right, close to the SVP, the party of Christoph Blocher.

Since then, it's been pretty much a voice of SVP, promoting the unfortunate ban of minarets and so forth.

While I accept that, in a democracy, also right wing parties have their voice, I find it hard to accept that a global airline, such as BA, is handing out this pamphlet to its passengers. It's only one of four choices, only one of two in German language. Arguably, the other one (F&W) is not political, but this leave the German language choice to a non-political one and a far right one.

Now my question is really: Why? Is BA supporting xenophobic view? Is BA supporting SVP in Switzerland? Is BA just taking the cheapest alternative, without considering the views expressed. I suspect the last.