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EIB CAPE VERDE
BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE ATLANTIC state of Cape Verde is to build a new air traffic control centre on the island of Sal, using a European Investment Bank loan to help it modernise the air transport infrastructure within its archipelago. The EIB is lending national public services company Empresa Nacional de Aeroporto e Segurança Aérea Euro 20 million to carry out the work, which is designed to promote tourism in Cape Verde.…
EP - SINGLE SKY
BY ALAN OSBORN
THE EUROPEAN Commission’s proposed legislation setting up a Single European Sky in the form of a European-wide air traffic control system now seems certain to be finally approved by the end of 2002 or early next year following an overwhelming vote in favour by the European Parliament on September 3.…
ICAO TELECOMS
BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE AERONAUTICAL Telecommunication Planning Task Force of the International Civil Aviation Organisation has concluded that many problems impeding air industry communications in Africa are down to “human factors in terms of lack of…resources and training,” as well as shortages of networks and equipment.…
SINGLE SKY LATEST
BY ALAN OSBORN
THE LEGAL formalities for creating the Single European Sky are approaching completion. The initial proposal from the European Commission for integrating the EU’s national air traffic control authorities into a continental ATC system has now been approved by the EU member governments and, in slightly amended form, by the European Parliament.…
SRI LANKA PROTEST
BY SWINEETHA DIAS WICKRAMANAYAKA, in Columbo
PUBLIC protests have broken out in Sri Lanka against the Bandaranaike International Airport expansion project, which would evict more than 10,000 families living in and around the Kurana, Katunayake and Katana areas. Campaigners fighting the project were once supported by the ruling United National Party when it was in opposition, but it switched policies after winning last year’s election.…
BANGALORE AIRPORT
BY SWINEETHA DIAS WICKRAMANAYAKA
A DEAL over financing the construction of a proposed Bangalore international airport in southern India has been delayed beyond its original September deadline. A Siemens-led consortium has yet to sign a concession agreement and is waiting for amendments to Indian aviation legislation to pass through the national parliament.…
GM - CANADA AID
BY MONICA DOBIE, in Montreal
MICHAEL Grimaldi, president of General Motors Canada, has warned that the country’s automobile manufacture sector will continue to lose business to the United States unless more money is pumped into making Canada looking more attractive to new auto makers.…
HYDROGEN FUEL CELL
Keith Nuthall
EUROPEAN Union energy Commissioner Philippe Busquin has announced that his European Commission directorate-general establish a so-called High Level Group on hydrogen. This group of experts will be tasked with drawing up a strategy to boost the development and use of hydrogen and fuel cell technologies, especially for cars.…
SISNET
BY ALAN OSBORN
IN a foretaste of the EU’s ambitious Galileo programme, the European Space Agency has developed the SisNet receiver which allows drivers to find their exact position through satellite navigation and the internet. The hand-held device uses signals from the American GPS project amplified by the European geostationary navigation service EGNOS and is accurate to within one or two metres compared to 15 to 20 metres for
regular GPS signals.…
EU TAX REFORM
BY ALAN OSBORN
CAR registration taxes in the European Union would be abolished and road
taxes harmonised under a batch of recommendations announced by the European
Commission. Brussels said it was also examining ways of restructuring existing vehicle taxes so as to promote environmental objectives.…