The EU has made changes in airline regulation that dramatically affect major European carriers such as British International Air (BIA), KLM, Air France, Alitalia, and Swiss International Air. With ambitious expansion plans, BIA has decided it needs a second service hub on the continent, to complement its large Heathrow (London) repair facility. The location selection is critical, and with the potential for 4,000 new skilled blue-collar jobs on the line, virtually every city in western Europe is actively bidding for BIAs business. After initial investigations by Holmes Miller, head of the Operations Department, BIA has narrowed the list to 9 cities. Each is then rated on 12 factors, as shown in the table shown in the next page.

Help Miller rank the top three cities that BIA should consider as its new site for servicing aircraft.

Factor	Importance Weight	Italy			France			Germany
		Milan	Rome	Florence	Paris	Lyon	Nice	Munich	Bonn	Berlin
Financial incentives	85	8	3	1	8	8	5	1	3	9
Skilled labor pool	80	4	7	6	7	4	2	9	10	3
Existing facility	70	5	9	4	4	7	5	5	4	6
Wage rates	70	9	6	4	4	9	10	8	2	8
Competition for jobs	70	7	8	1	3	7	1	4	8	9
Ease of air traffic access	65	5	4	6	4	10	5	4	5	7
Real estate cost	40	6	5	6	9	9	5	8	4	10
Communication links	25	6	10	4	7	1	6	2	6	9
Attractiveness to relocating executives	15	7	6	2	6	9	1	7	8	3
Political considerations	10	8	9	10	9	2	5	6	1	1
Expansion possibilities	10	9	1	9	10	4	7	1	4	10
Union strength	10	10	10	10	8	8	8	2	3	1