Zug, Switzerland (GenevaLunch) - GE Servette lost 2-1 to Zug after prolongations in their fourth game of the semi-finals of the ice hockey playoffs. The Zug team dominated the match before conceding a late equalizer that sent the game into extra time. They are now 2-2 in the seven-game series.
Favourites Bern strolled through their series, beating Kloten 4-0 after taking the fourth game 2-3. Bern can now relax while they wait to see whether they will meet Zug or GE Servette in the finals.
Links to other sites: TSR, Tribune de Geneve
Solar Impulse. Now in Payerne. © 2009 Stéphane Gros/ Solar Impulse
Update 18:55 Payerne, canton Vaud, Switzerland (GenevaLunch) – Solar Impulse, a solar-powered aircraft which will attempt to be the first fly around the world non-stop powered only by the sun’s energy, has arrived at the airfield in Payerne, canton Vaud.
The plane was put in boxes in Duebendorf, near Zurich, and trucked to Payerne, where it is being reassembled for trials this Spring.
© 2009 Stéphane Gros/ Solar Impulse
Reassembly will be finished by March, after which flight tests are scheduled, involving taking the plane to a height of 8,500m. They will be capped by a 36-hour endurance flight.
Kloten International Airport, Zurich, Switzerland
Geneva, Switzerland (GenevaLunch) – Geneva’s Cointrin International Airport will most likely end 2009 with 2 percent fewer passengers, a figure that is healthier than those most airports will show this year. The figure was provided by Robert Deillon, president of AIG, which manages the airport, in an interview with Swiss wire service ATS. Deillon says that only four months showed drops, while traffic increased by 4 percent each month in October and November, compared to a year earlier.
Zurich’s Kloten airport is expected to show similar figures, says Deillon.
The figures contrast with the bigger industry picture, provided 15 December by Iata (International Air Transport Association) at an annual press conference in Geneva.
Greenland, next leg of the trip after Nova Scotia, Canada
Halifax, Canada (romandie/ats, Fre) – American Airlines flight 64 from New York’s JFK to Zurich Tuesday night 9 March was forced to land in Halifax after a fire started in the toilets. No one was injured. The fire appears to have been caused by a short-circuit in the toilet fan’s motor.
Geneva, Switzerland (TSR, video, Fre) – GE Servette lost its fourth match with Kloten 5-6 ((1-1, 1-2, 3-2) with Byron Ritchie sidelined after the last match for pushing the referee.
Schluefeg, Switzerland (GenevaLunch) – GE Servette was hoping to show its best against Kloten but in a third straight loss it looked to be far from its best. Kloten – GS 4-1 (1-1, 2-0, 1-0).
Details, Tribune de Geneve, Fre
Zurich, Switzerland (GenevaLunch) – Geneva Servette fell to Kloten in the last period, EHC Kloten Flyers – GSHC 1-1, 0-0, 1-0 in their match Thursday 26 February.
Geneva, Switzerland (TSR, Fre) – GE-Servette Hockey Club is preparing to battle Kloten in the NLA playoffs where the Geneva club is far from the favourite. TSR carries an interview with Geneva’s Tony Salmelainen, who had two goals against Ambri Saturday. Statistics
