THE EUROPEAN Commission has agreed that member states can continue to provide emergency state insurance cover to companies in the air transport industry for a further month, to June 30, 2002. This is considered to be a fair response to the difficulties the industry has faced in securing sufficient insurance cover since the attacks of September 11. The Commission will use this additional time to continue working towards an appropriate long-term solution with EU member states, the European air transport industry and the insurance industry.
