The national carrier, Swiss, has criticised an "illegal" strike by maintenance staff that affected flights out of Geneva on Thursday morning.

The four-hour stoppage came amid growing industrial unrest at the airline, which last month announced plans to axe up to 1,000 jobs by 2007.




Union leaders said 25 maintenance staff downed tools in protest at what they described as "shabby treatment" by management.


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