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Low-cost Carriers Lead February Flights Growth
National Air Traffic Services (NATS) handled 159,678 flights in February, an increase of 2 per cent over February 2004, despite 2004 being a Leap Year.
10 March 2005... More
CAA Proposals Put Service Standards and Investment at Risk, says NATS
Proposals by the Civil Aviation Authority (CAA), to impose tough controls on air traffic control charges, risk damaging service levels and future increases in capacity, National Air Traffic Services (NATS) warned today.
1 March 2005... More
Interruption to Air Traffic Control Service
At 1830 this evening, NATS identified a fault with its Flight Data Processing System (FDPS) at West Drayton. At 1903, NATS engineers restored the system and it is now fully operational.
16 February 2005... More
Major Air Traffic Control Support Contract Awarded
National Air Traffic Services (NATS) has appointed Lockheed Martin to provide hardware systems support at its London Area Control Centre at Swanwick, which handles some of the busiest and most complex airspace in Europe.
15 February 2005... More
Flights Up Despite Cancellations
National Air Traffic Services (NATS) handled 167,987 flights in January, an increase of 4.9 per cent on the same month last year.
9 February 2005... More
NATS/IAA Airspace study underway
A study into the issues associated with establishing a Functional Airspace Block (FAB) in UK / Ireland airspace areas is underway, National Air Traffic Services (NATS) and the Irish Aviation Authority (IAA) confirmed today.
1 February 2005... More
Laing O’Rourke Scotland to Build New Prestwick Air Traffic Control Centre
The main construction contract for the new air traffic control centre at Prestwick in Ayrshire has been won by Laing O'Rourke Scotland, National Air Traffic Services (NATS) announced today.
14 January 2005... More
UK NATS Stansted Control Tower First to use Electronic Flight Strips with NAV CANADA System
The UK's National Air Traffic Services (NATS) is pleased to announce today that Stansted airport is now using the world’s most advanced tower-airport flight data system.
13 January 2005... More
Flights Reach Record Levels as Delays Fall
Year end figures from National Air Traffic Services (NATS), the UK's leading air traffic management provider, show that in 2004 it handled more flights than ever with fewer delays.
7 January 2005... More
NATS Names New Head of Legal
National Air Traffic Services (NATS) has announced the appointment of Debbie Adams to the post of Head of Legal, reporting directly to NATS Chief Executive Paul Barron.
21 December 2004... More
Domestic En-Route Rate Re-Filed for 2005
National Air Traffic Services (NATS) has re-submitted the UK’s proposed unit rate for en-route air traffic control services in 2005. This follows a revision to the combined component of the charge added by the Department for Transport (DfT) and Civil Aviation Authority (CAA).
7 December 2004... More
NATS Expresses ‘Surprise’ at ‘Over Ambitious’ Pricing Proposals
National Air Traffic Services (NATS) today expressed its ‘surprise’ at the ‘over ambitious’ approach of the Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) in proposing tough new price controls for the next five years, which could impact on service performance and investment in new capacity.
30 November 2004... More
NATS And The IAA To Commission Airspace Study
National Air Traffic Services (NATS) and the Irish Aviation Authority (IAA) are to commission a study into the issues associated with establishing a functional airspace block, seen as a key step in the development of a Single European Sky.
26 November 2004... More
New General Manager Appointed At Manchester
National Air Traffic Services ( NATS) has announced the appointment of Alex Bristol to the position of General Manager at Manchester, with effect from January 1, with responsibility for en route and airport air traffic services.
25 November 2004... More
Low-cost Fliers Lead ‘Indian Summer’ Flights Boom
National Air Traffic Services handled 193,715 flights in October, the last month of the summer flight schedules. This is a record for the month and almost five per cent up on October 2003.
17 November 2004... More
Transport Secretary's Visit Marks First Phase of New Air Traffic Control Centre
Transport Secretary Alistair Darling today (Monday) visited Prestwick in Ayrshire to view progress on the new air traffic control centre being built by National Air Traffic Services (NATS).
15 November 2004... More
Future ‘Flight Plan’ Unveiled
A new vision for the future of National Air Traffic Services (NATS) is unveiled today by Paul Barron, its Chief Executive.
5 November 2004... More
Domestic En-Route Rates Filed For 2005
National Air Traffic Services (NATS), the UK’s major provider of air traffic services, has today submitted its proposed domestic en-route charge for 2005.The charge, filed with EUROCONTROL in Brussels, will come into effect on January 1 next year.
1 November 2004... More
Flights up Despite Cancellations
National Air Traffic Services (NATS) handled a record 198,266 flights in September, an increase of five per cent on the same month last year, despite cancellations caused by bad weather in the USA and the Caribbean.
7 October 2004... More
NATS to Expand Hampshire Technical Centre
National Air Traffic Services (NATS) is to almost double the size of its new Corporate & Technical Centre (CTC) at Whiteley, near Fareham in Hampshire.
23 September 2004... More
August Flights Break 200,000 Barrier for First Time
National Air Traffic Services handled 200,162 flights in August, breaking the 200,000 barrier for the second consecutive month and beating by 4.2 per cent the previous August record of 192,184, set in 2003.
16 September 2004... More
NATS awards
major comms contract to BT
National Air Traffic Services (NATS) has awarded a
major contract to BT for a new network-wide communications system
to support its £1bn investment programme.
19 August 2004... More
July Flights Break 200,000 Barrier for First Time
National Air Traffic Services handled 204,868 flights in July,
breaking the 200,000 barrier for the first time and beating by
4.7 per cent the previous monthly record of 195,763 of July 2003.
At the same time, attributable delays were reduced by 43.4 per
cent.
5 August 2004... More
NATS Names Commercial Director
National Air Traffic Services (NATS) has announced the appointment of Lawrence Hoskins to the position of Commercial Director. He will be responsible for managing and developing all of NATS’ commercial interests, reporting directly to NATS Chief Executive Paul Barron.
2 August 2004... More
NATS Appoints New Board Member
NATS Holdings Ltd, the parent company of National Air Traffic Services (NATS), has announced the appointment of Barry Humphreys to its Board, as a non-executive Director.
28 July 2004... More
Tony McNulty Announces Re-Appointment of Government Partnership Directors for NATS PPP
Aviation Minister Tony McNulty today announced the re-appointment of Bill Semple, Stephen Pettit and Lord Brooke as the Government's non-executive Partnership Directors for the public-private partnership in National Air Traffic Services (NATS).
26 July 2004... More
Media Reports of an Airprox, 24 March 2004
An airprox was reported by the crews of a civil and a military aircraft on 24 March 2004, over Newbury. The report is subject to independent assessment by the UK Airprox Board. At no point was the safety of either aircraft compromised. In NATS’ view, the required separation levels were maintained at all times. NATS believes the aircraft were several miles apart.
16 July 2004... More
NATS Sets Six Flight Records
National Air Traffic Services, said today that it handled 195,352 flights last month, up 5.1 per cent on June 2003, setting six new flight records.
7 July 2004... More
Flight Record Smashed
National Air Traffic Services (NATS) has handled its millionth flight of the year – a week earlier than in 2003, a record year for flight movements.
25 June 2004... More
UK Air Traffic Control Group Returns to Profit
NATS Holdings Limited (NHL), the group that runs the UK’s air traffic control service, today reported its first pre-tax profit since it was part-privatised three years ago.
18 June 2004... More
NATS apologises for delays experienced today
Further to the interruption to air traffic services this morning caused by problems with the flight data processing system, Chief Executive Richard Everitt commented “We would like once again to extend our apologies to passengers whose journeys were delayed today. Following almost two years of excellent performance and system reliability we are obviously disappointed at this morning’s disruptions.
3 June 2004... More
Host Computer System Problem
We would like to apologise unreservedly to air travellers whose journeys have been delayed this morning following testing of the Flight Data Processing System (FDP), based at West Drayton. We would like to reassure air travellers that the safety of flights was not in any way compromised.
3 June 2004... More
NATS Reviews Traffic Forecasts
NATS, the UK’s principal air traffic services provider, has reviewed its traffic forecasts published in October last year. Revised forecasts to 2006 have been submitted to the Eurocontrol Central Route Charges Office (CRCO) as part of the mid-term review of prices currently under way.
1 June 2004... More
Statement on the Report into the July 2002 Überlingen Mid-Air Collision
Everyone at NATS, and across our industry, was deeply shocked by this accident and today's report is very significant. We have not yet had an opportunity to analyse it, and it is important that we do so.
19 May 2004... More
Work to start on new Prestwick centre site
Work is to restart next month on the site of National Air Traffic Services’ (NATS) new air traffic control centre at Prestwick. Surveys and ground work will be followed later in the summer by installation of the ground slab, prior to the main building work later in the year.
13 May 2004... More
April Traffic Figures
The number of flights handled by National Air Traffic Services last month increased by 7.8 per cent to 173,558 from 160,951 in April 2003, the UK's leading air traffic control provider reported today.
6 May 2004... More
Flights up, but delays down, says NATS
Figures released today by National Air Traffic Services, the UK's leading air traffic control provider, show that despite rising levels of air traffic, delay figures for the 12 months to March 2004 were still well below target.
20 April 2004... More
Nats welcomes price control review
National Air Traffic Services (NATS) today welcomed the start of consultations on its en route prices for air traffic services in the UK and across the North Eastern Atlantic.
30 March 2004... More
NATS appoints new Chief Executive Officer
National Air Traffic Services (NATS), the UK 's leading air traffic services provider, announced today that it has appointed a new Chief Executive.
17 March 2004... More
Record-breaking air traffic run continues
We have announced today that the total number of flights using UK airspace in February totalled 156,576, up 6.1 per cent on February 2003.
5 March 2004... More
Board changes announced at NATS
National Air Traffic Services (NATS), announced today that Derek Stevens, a Non Executive Director of NATS Holdings Ltd and Chairman of The Airline Group, the Government's strategic partner in NATS, is to join the Boards of NATS (En Route) Limited ( NERL), and NATS (Services) Limited (NSL).
26 February 2004... More
Traffic up for sixteenth consecutive month
National Air Traffic Services (NATS), the UK's largest air traffic service provider, said today that the total number of flights using UK airspace last month totalled 160,143, up three per cent on January 2003.
5 February 2004... More
Nats responds to media comments on 2002 airprox
A number of newspapers, radio and TV stations report today on an airprox involving a Virgin 747 and a Delta 767, in which track data blocks for the two aircraft were inadvertently swapped on-screen. Today's coverage highlights changes due to be introduced next month to the software at NATS' en-route centre at Swanwick in Hampshire.
20 January 2004... More
BBC TV repeat to carry NATS disclaimer
The BBC has agreed to carry a disclaimer from National Air Traffic
Services when it repeats the drama-documentary "The Day Britain
Stopped" on BBC 2 on Sunday 18 January. BBC has also agreed
to carry a fuller statement from NATS on the programme's website.
20 January 2004... More
2003: Flights up and delays down, says NATS
Year end figures from National Air Traffic Services, the UK's
leading air traffic management provider, show that in 2003 it
handled more flights than ever with fewer delays.
8 January 2004... More
NATS welcomes National Audit Office endorsement of its refinancing
work
The National Audit Office (NAO) has endorsed the work which went
into refinancing the NATS public private partnership, saying it
has "put the company on a much more robust financial footing,
enabling it to make further vital investment to expand the capacity
of ATC to meet future growth".
7 January 2004... More
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