SWISS GOVERNMENT AND ECONOMY ANNOUNCE A RESCUE PACKAGE FOR THE NATIONAL
AIRLINE INDUSTRY.
(L-R) UBS CEO Marcel Ospel, Minister of Economy of the State of Zurich
Ruedi Jeker, Swiss Finance Minister Kaspar Villiger, Swiss President
Moritz Leuenberger, Swiss Economy Minister Pascal Couchepin, Spokesman
of the Swiss Government Achille Casanova and Rainer E. Gut of Credit
Suisse CS announce details of a rescue package for the national airline
industry in the wake of the collapse of Swissair Group at a news
conference in Berne October 22, 2001. The Swiss government decided on
Monday there was sufficient private capital available to mount an
ambitious rescue plan for the national airline industry after the
collapse of former flag carrier Swissair Group. REUTERS/Pascal Lauene
PLA/HM/