Although Mario Corti was having so many difficulties and
was having a very tough job he did show some progress in 2001
during summer and spring for cost cutting. When a popular
belief was that Mario Corti should have drop the airline business
concentrating on their big business of catering, airport-retail and
baggage handling operations. While it could have been a cost
effective and profitable step, the cut out airline would most
likely reduce Zurich’s traffic for larger European airports. This
could be very shocking incident for Swiss people and their pride.
Also there was a possibility for Switzerland to lose their position
as an attractive business and tourism location without high
quality air service.