"d b" <danbel@earthlink.net> wrote in message
news:43495571.8C4DD6FE@earthlink.net...[color=blue]
> If Swiss Air is long gone then why is there talk of them joining Star
> Alliance? I know I have seen somewhere "news" if you will of them
> joining Star.
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You are almost correct
Swiss International recently announced that it would be integrating its
airmiles program
with that of Lufthansa with immediate effect and joining The Star Alliance
in 2006
[url]http://www.swiss.com/web/IE6/about-swiss/sw-nw-pr-press-releases-05.htm?newsid=75030[/url]
This is not however the old Swissair which folded in 2001.
Swiss International was founded with public and private capital
on the base of the regional airline CrossAir.
Keith
Keith