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Mario Corti, CEO and Chairman of the Board Swissair Group, Andre Dose, chief of Swiss Air Lines aviation subsidiary and CEO Crossair, and Moritz Suter, Chairman of the Board Crossair, left to right, examine their documents at a press conference in Zurich-Kloten, where a plan was released to save parts of Swiss airline Swissair, Monday, October 1, 2001. Under the plan, which Swissair Group accepted on Monday, the company will sell its holding in Crossair to Switzerlands two biggest banks, UBS and Credit Suisse for about 260 million Swiss Francs. In addition, Swissair will transfer many of its key European and long-haul routes to Crossair, which in effect will become the country's flag carrier. (KEYSTONE/Walter Bieri)