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Low-cost plan takes off at Geneva airport

This content was published on Jul 2, 2004 The proposal had come under fire from traditional airlines who maintained that it gave low-cost carriers, such as easyJet, an unfair advantage. At the heart of the controversy were plans to reduce passenger taxes for low-cost carriers and to raise them for people flying with traditional carriers. The proposal also involved refitting the older of…

Pharma closes ranks over parallel imports

This content was published on Jul 2, 2004 But some politicians and consumer groups counter that removing restrictions would reduce high drug prices and health-care costs. According to the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), drug prices in Switzerland are 40 per cent higher than in many other countries. But imports of cheaper patented drugs from other countries – parallel imports –…

Civil aviation office unveils sweeping reforms

This content was published on Jul 2, 2004 The move follows criticism that the Swiss authorities have failed to arrest a decline in air safety standards. Announcing the measures on Friday, the FOCA said that its priority was to put “safety first”. “The Swiss public expects us to enhance the standards of safety in civil aviation,” said the FOCA’s new head, Raymond Cron,…

Football team criticised for brewery deal

This content was published on Jul 2, 2004 It said the brewery’s sponsorship of the team would send out the wrong message to young people and undermine alcohol prevention efforts. The Lausanne-based institute condemned the football body’s decision at a time when beer consumption, as well as binge drinking, is on the rise among Swiss youth. It said Carlsberg’s omnipresent advertising at Euro…

Swiss railways faced an uphill struggle

This content was published on Jul 2, 2004 But they were slow to work up a head of steam, and when the first line came into service in 1847, it was already 20 years behind the times. The 23.3-kilometre track linking Zurich to Baden was small compared with those already stretching across the rest of the continent. But if Switzerland was slow off…

Zurich station has more than just trains

This content was published on Jul 2, 2004 Its collection of small and large commercial surfaces makes the station the country’s fourth-largest shopping centre. “Around 350,000 people pass through here each day,” said Hans Baumann, who manages Zurich station. Baumann, who knows all the ins and outs of this huge site, says his station was once the focal point of Switzerland’s railway system.…

Stations were gateways to the world

This content was published on Jul 2, 2004 Once modest affairs and little different from stagecoach stops, they soon gave way to soaring buildings and new horizons. The country’s first railway line, running between Zurich and Baden, opened in 1847. And while the Swiss at first found themselves chugging behind the rest of the continent, they more than made up for lost time…

Elm awaits spectacular “trail of light”

This content was published on Jul 1, 2004 For a few brief moments on September 30 and October 1, the sun will shine directly through a hole in a mountain peak onto the village church. It occurs every year approximately eight days after the start of autumn on the astronomical calendar at precisely 9:33am. The piercing of the sun’s rays of “Martin’s Hole”,…

Swiss Re buys up British insurer

This content was published on Jul 1, 2004 The deal – which still needs regulatory approval – is the Zurich-based company’s second transaction in the consolidating British insurance market. The purchase includes a subsidiary, Windsor Life Assurance Company, which administers more than 800,000 policies with total assets of around £5.2 billion. Both transactions involve buying up life and health policies and managing them…

Skyguide reaches deal with air crash relatives

This content was published on Jul 1, 2004 The announcement came the day before the second anniversary of the July 1, 2002, crash of a Russian passenger plane and a cargo jet in Swiss-controlled airspace, in which 71 people died. Last month Skyguide admitted it was partly to blame for the collision. Just one air traffic controller was on duty at the time…

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