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SPANISH ATC
BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE SPANISH government will have to defend itself at the European Court of Justice against claims by the European Commission that it has broken European Union law over tough personnel regulations, restricting the employment of air traffic controllers from other EU Member States.…
MALAYSIA
Keith Nuthall
THE MALAYSIAN tycoon Syed Mokhtar Al-Bukhary has proposed a RM7billion (US$2bn) road network in Johor as part of long-term plans to turn the southern Malaysian state into a major international aviation and shipping hub to rival Singapore. The ambitious plan involves the construction of three dedicated roads to link Senai Airport, the two ports in the state – Tanjung Pelepas and Pasir Gudang -and the new customs, immigration and quarantine complex in Johor Baru.…
CHINA HUBS
Keith Nuthall
BEIJING, Shanghai and Guangzhou are to be turned into aviation hubs for the country’s three biggest carriers, as airport traffic is reorganised to suit the country’s airline mergers. The Civil Aviation Administration of China will this summer stop airlines that are not based in any of these three cities from flying routes between them.…
INDIA AIRPORTS
BY SWINEETHA DIAS WICKRAMANAYAKA
THE INDIAN government has announced that it intends to upgrade standards at the country’s international airports at Delhi, Bombay (Mumbai), Madras (Chennai) and Calcutta (Kolkata), raising them to a “world class” level by introducing private sector management and investment through long term leasing systems.…
SRI LANKA
BY SWINEETHA DIAS WICKRAMANAYAKA, in Columbo
CEYLON Carriers Ltd., and the Transport Corporation of India have signed an agreement to launch a cost-effective system of cargo transportation in Sri Lanka. The partners will introduce a new Express Cargo System in the country, extending an air freight and shipping network that already covers India, Bangladesh, Nepal and Bhutan.…
GAZA INTERNATIONAL
Keith Nuthall
THE ISRAELI bombing of Gaza International Airport during the ongoing hostilities involving the Palestinian Authority has been “strongly condemned” by the Council of the International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO). The military action destroyed both the runway and its air navigation facilities.…
GERMANY ECJ
Keith Nuthall
THE EUROPEAN Commission is threatening Germany with legal action at the European Court of Justice because it claims labour protection laws designed to soften the effect of liberalising the country’s ground-handling services breaks EU legislation. Directive 96/67 orders the gradual introduction of free access to the groundhandling services market at EU airports by December 2003.…
SOLVENCY MARGINS
KEITH NUTHALL
EUROPEAN Union ministers have approved a new ‘solvency margin’ directive that increases by 50 per cent the minimum financial reserves that must be retained by EU-registered insurance companies writing air travel industry policies, as these are deemed by Brussels as ‘volatile-risk’.…
GALILEO - BARCELONA
BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE EUROPEAN Union’s ambitious Galileo satellite navigation project was strongly backed by EU government leaders at their summit meeting in Barcelona and a decision to go ahead is now fairly certain to be taken by EU transport ministers at their Council on March 26th.…
WASTE SHIPMENTS
BY KEITH NUTHALL
NATIONAL regulatory authorities have the power to refuse to allow waste shipments to leave EU ports or cross their territories via inland waterways, whether they represent the country sending a cargo, receiving it or being used for transshipment, the European Court of Justice has ruled.…