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DISPLAY ADVERTISEMENT SALES UK and EUROPE Display Advertising Enquiries +44 (20) 8652 3315 Display Advertising Fax +44 (20) 8652 8981 Group Advertisement Director Richard Thiele +44 (20) 8652 3319 Advertisement Manager Simon Lees +44 (20) 8652 3904 Business Services Co-ordinator Lisa Devlin +44 (20) 8652 3315 Advertisement Production Display/Classified Howard Mason +44(20)8652 3267 UK, IRELAND, BENELUX, IBERIA, GREECE, THE MIDDLE EAST and ISRAEL, AFRICA GERMANY, SCANDINAVIA and EASTERN EUROPE Sales Manager Shawn Buck +44 (20) 8652 4998 Area Manager Warren McEwan +44 (20) 8652 3316 Sales Executive Toni Howitt +44 (20) 8652 4986 FRANCE and SWITZERLAND Sales Director France Pierre Mussard Tel +33 (1) 53 21 88 00 Reed Business Information France, 24, rue de Milan, 75009 Paris, France. 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The full text of the magazines can also be found on the following online services: Lexis- Nexis, Dialogue, FT Profile, IAC and Reuters, Details from: tel: +44 (20) 8652 8721.Published by Reed Business Information, Quadrant House, The Quadrant, Sutton, Surrey, SM2 5AS, UK Flight international is sold subject to the following conditions: namely, that it is not, without the written consent of the publishers first given, lent, re-sold, hired out or in any unauthorised cover by way of trade; or affixed to, or as part of, any publication or advertising, literary or pictorial matter whatsoever. The publishers of Flight International ate prepared to accept unsolicited material, but only onjhe understanding that such material is submitted wholly at the risk of the provider, and that the publishers cannot guarantee the receipt, safekeeping or return of non-commissioned work in any format, including manuscripts, digital data, photographic printaand transparencies. Flight International1 is a registered trademark of Reed Business Information Ltd. © 2000 Reed Business Information Ltd. FINDING THE WAY THE EUROPEAN UNION (EU) trans port ministers'decision to put a halt to the development of the planned independent European satellite navigation system, Galileo, may come as a blow to the European Commission (EC) and private industry, but it is the right decision. With so many unan swered questions over the financing of the €3 billion ($2.8 billion) Galileo system, the management model and with critical liabili ty and control issues unresolved, the minis ters had little option but to delay giving the green light for full- scale development of the system. The industry had expected them to grant conditional approval for Galileo's develop ment at their meeting on 22 December, with clear deadlines for resolving the prob- lerns. But by delaying a decision altogether the EU ministers have made it abundantly clear that they want the answers first- and soon.They have given the European Commission (EC) three months to get them. Development of Galileo is cheap in European project terms. According to the EC it costs the equivalent of 100km of high-speed rail track across open country on the continent, but it is still a huge project to commit to and European member states are right to tread carefully. But the value should not detract from the impor tance of the project. With satellite navigation perhaps the single most important strategic asset for any country, whether for military operations, air transport services, shipping and other forms of transportation and information management, Europe cannot afford to be entirely dependent on the USA for its satnav needs forever. Galileo promises to provide a Europe-con trolled and managed global satellite navigation system comprising up to 30 satellites built by European private sector companies and finan ced joindy by industry and governments. The only danger now, though, is that the three- month decision extension, designed to allow the EC to get its house in order and answer EU states' burning questions, slips further. If that happens, Europe will be in danger of diminish ing industry interest and, more importantly, the FLIGHT INTERNATIONAL 2 - 8 January 2001 "Without industry funding, Europe's satellite navigation ambitions will not get airborne" private sector's financial commitment. Without industry funding, Europe's satellite navigation ambitions will not get airborne. The private sector has already demonstrated its commitment to Galileo. In the last year, the continent's space and navigation companies, including Astrium, Alcatel, Alenia Spazio and Thales, have devoted considerable time and effort to determine how Galileo should look, what ser vices it should provide, how much it will cost and how the invest ment will be returned. Prior to the trans port ministers' deci sion, industry took to the campaign trail and did much to educate states on just what Galileo will mean to Europe and how important it is for the continent. As a result, EU states are now largely in favour of Galileo as the conti nent seeks to get a chunk of a growing market long been dominated by the USA. But while there is still the industry will to sort out the remaining issues, it cannot do so alone. Now it's the turn of the EC and European Space Agency (ES A) to play their parts and show equal commitment to finding answers to the difficult questions. The EC must resolve the burning issue of its involvement in Galileo, who should control it and who will be responsible for it as well as how the public-private partnership is going to work. The Commission also needs to be realistic about the public sector financial commitment to Galileo - industry participants in the definition studies believe the public contribution is under estimated. Without these issues resolved, Europe risks missing out on a €40 billion indus try by 2005, in addition to the 20,000 job oppor tunities on the continent that are expected to result from Galileo. And in the meantime, while Europe dithers on its satellite navigation plans, GPS is getting stronger day by day. It is time for Europe to take the golden opportunity available to it to get involved in the booming satellite nav igation market. It is on the right track, but the EC must finish its homework, get the EU states to commit to Galileo and just get on with it. • See Headlines PS
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