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ALEXANDER CAMPBELL / BASLEBut embattled carrier still faces major challenges as Oneworld alliance talks and pilots union negotiations stall Swiss International Air Lines has reported its first interim results since its birth earlier this year. Although better than expected, the airline faces several problems, including the collapse of talks with its pilots union, and lack of progress in joining the Oneworld alliance. Swiss lost SFr450 million $302 million on sales of SFr1.7 billion. Both figures were well ahead of the airline s forecasts - much less red than we planned , says chairman Pieter Bouw - and its ample cash reserves of SFr736 million can sustain its current burn rate of almost SFr2.5 million a day in the short term. The carrier forecasts total losses of SFr1.1 billion for the year and breakeven in 2003.However, on every side the carrier s operations have run into trouble. Talks with the pilots union have broken down, with problems over merging pilot cadres from the collapsed Swissair and its one-time subsidiary Crossair. The cost of forming Swiss from the ruins of Swissair was also underestimated. Chief financial officer Thomas Hofmann says the expense was twice as much as in the business plan. We adidas samba underestimated the cost of painting aircraft, legal costs associated with Swissair creditors, and starting up new offices. With the former Swissair Qualiflyer alliance dead, Swiss has been aiming to join the British Airways/ af1 American Airlines-led Oneworld a adidas samba lliance. Stan Three Veils takes Arpa s top prize

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