Air transport: insurance for air carriers and aircraft operators

The committee adopted the report by James NICHOLSON (EPP-ED, UK) approving the Council's common position under the 2nd reading of the codecision procedure, subject to just one amendment. MEPs felt that gliders and microlights should be excluded from the regulation in view of the minimal risks which they represent and the heavy financial burden which leisure flyers would face if they had to extend insurance cover to acts of war and terrorism.�