Air taxis for the rich--and not so rich: there are about a dozen air taxi companies operating out of Switzerland which allow clients to take a non-scheduled flight to various destinations. They aren't cheap but you don't have to be a millionaire either. Swiss news takes a look at two services, priced at polar opposites.

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Air taxis for the rich--and not so rich: there are about a dozen air taxi companies operating out of Switzerland which allow clients to take a non-scheduled flight to various destinations. They aren't cheap but you don't have to be a millionaire either. Swiss news takes a look at two services, priced at polar opposites.

You're young, fresh out of pilot school and looking to fly around the world with Swissair, one of the world's premier airlines. As you daydream about your future career as a commercial pilot, the unthinkable happens--Swissair collapses, no longer able to sustain itself as a business in the wake of a global aviation crisis post-September 11.

Andre Scharer was one of those newly qual...

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