CO looking at adding Swiss/Crossair....
Dec 12, 2001 | 12:22 pm
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CO looking at adding Swiss/Crossair....
Swissair Wins Back Passengers, on Target to Meet Revenue Plan
Zurich, Dec. 12 (Bloomberg) -- Swissair Group, which filed for bankruptcy protection in October, has won back more customers than expected, according to Crossair AG, the regional carrier that's taking over two-thirds of the national airline's planes.
More than 62 percent of seats were occupied on long-haul flights last week, compared with 38 percent expected in a business plan for the company, said Crossair Chief Executive Officer Andre Dose at a briefing in Basel. European flights were 46 percent full, 6 percentage points more than expected....
....Dose also said Crossair has held talk with the three major global airline alliances and independent carriers about a partnership. He said there's been ``several rounds of talks'' with Continental Airlines Inc. of the U.S.
http://www.bloomberg.com/fgcgi.cgi?T...dn8hXlU3dpc3Nh
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Zurich, Dec. 12 (Bloomberg) -- Swissair Group, which filed for bankruptcy protection in October, has won back more customers than expected, according to Crossair AG, the regional carrier that's taking over two-thirds of the national airline's planes.
More than 62 percent of seats were occupied on long-haul flights last week, compared with 38 percent expected in a business plan for the company, said Crossair Chief Executive Officer Andre Dose at a briefing in Basel. European flights were 46 percent full, 6 percentage points more than expected....
....Dose also said Crossair has held talk with the three major global airline alliances and independent carriers about a partnership. He said there's been ``several rounds of talks'' with Continental Airlines Inc. of the U.S.
http://www.bloomberg.com/fgcgi.cgi?T...dn8hXlU3dpc3Nh
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Dec 12, 2001 | 2:46 pm
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Whoo Hoo! That would be great! I haven't flown SwissAir in years now, but if they haven't completely gutted the airline, it shoudl still be a nice way to get to Zurich. Mrs Duxfan has been hinting for a trip to Switzerland for some time now... Maybe I can stall her just a little longer...
Dec 12, 2001 | 4:34 pm
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As I posted a couple of times before, that would be the ultimate X-Mas present, to have Wings around KL/CO/NW MAlaysian and Crossair/Swissair, throw in a couple of regional partners and you are right in the competition again, especially with the aother alliances struggling a little bit at the moment.