Question: The EU has made changes in airline regulation that dramatically affect major European carriers such as British International Air, KLM, Air France, Alitalia, and Swiss.

The EU has made changes in airline regulation that dramatically affect major European carriers such as British International Air, KLM, Air France, Alitalia, and Swiss. With ambitious expansion plans, British International Air (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 BIA's 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 below.

City

Italy

France

Germany

Factor

Factor Description

Weight

Milan

Rome

Genoa

Paris

Lyon

Nice

Munich

Bonn

Berlin

1

Financial incentives

85

8

7

8

7

6

7

8

8

8

2

Skilled labor pool

85

3

5

5

9

8

7

10

7

8

3

Existing facility

75

5

7

1

8

7

4

8

8

3

4

Wage rates

70

10

7

9

4

7

7

3

5

6

5

Competition for jobs

70

8

3

9

1

7

8

3

8

10

6

Ease of air traffic access

65

4

3

7

1

8

7

5

9

10

7

Real estate cost

35

6

3

7

4

6

6

3

4

4

8

Communication link

25

6

6

6

9

9

10

10

10

9

9

Alternativeness to relocating executives

15

4

7

3

8

5

7

3

4

4

10

Political considerations

10

7

6

6

10

7

9

9

3

9

11

Expansion possibilities

15

9

1

9

1

4

5

4

4

6

12

Union strength

15

2

2

3

5

6

5

5

7

6

a) Based on the given information, the best location for the aircraft servicing facility is Berlin, with a total weighted score of 4050.

b) After further investigation, Miller decides that an existing set of hangar facilities for repairs (factor 3) is not nearly as important as earlier thought. If he lowers the weight of that factor to 30, after this change, the best location for the aircraft servicing facility is ____ (Berlin, Paris, Rome, Munich, Bonn, Milan, Nice, Lyon, Genoa) with a total weighted score of _______. (Enter your response as an integer.)

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