A chill in the Alpine air

摘要

In its heyday, Swissair was a pretty good symbol, both of Switzerland's self-esteem and of its reputation for efficiency, profitability and pathological punctuality. Now the company is being propped up by Switzerland's biggest banks, and recriminations about its sorry state are flying more often than its aeroplanes. Even so, in one respect Swissair is something like its reliable old self: as a metaphor for the state of Swiss business.