No pilot sets out on a flight intending to infringe controlled airspace but in a busy area such as that around Luton, it can and … Read more
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NATS invests in roll-out of worldwide ADS-B
NATS has taken an equity stake in space-based air traffic surveillance company Aireon to help accelerate the worldwide roll-out of ADS-B. Aireon’s network of 66 low … Read more
Bristol Airport drops Lower Airspace Radar Service (LARS)
NATS at Bristol Airport is to drop its Lower Airspace Radar Service from Wednesday, 28 February 2018. Steve O’Donoghue, the NATS general manager at Bristol … Read more
NATS launches online Class D transit experiment
NATS is launching an online experiment for requesting a transit through Class D airspace. The online system will start on 1 January 2018 and initially … Read more
London City to have UK’s first remote tower
London City Airport is to become the UK’s first airport to have remotely controlled tower operations. Air traffic controllers at NATS control centre in Swanwick, … Read more
NATS and RAeS lead campaign to redesign UK airspace
The UK government is coming under increasing pressure to redesign Britain’s increasingly complicated and outdated airspace. The Sky’s The Limit lobbying group, which includes airlines, … Read more
Video shows blundering pilots wreaking havoc on London airspace
This incredible video from NATS shows the effect of infringements into controlled airspace around the crowded skies of south-east England. Some of the infringements are … Read more
NATS raises £6,500 for Aerobility’s Big Pull
Teams from NATS took the honours at Aerobility’s Big Pull event last weekend. One team, Prospect ATCOs Branch, raised an astonishing £6,500 while another, Terminal … Read more
NATS launches AFPEx Lite flight plan service
NATS is introducing a new ‘Lite’ version of its Aeronautical Flight Planning Exchange (AFPEx) for small General Aviation airfields to file and receive flight plans. … Read more
LAA and BMAA to approve future ADS-B installations
ADS-B technology is all the rage in the US, enabling weather and traffic information to be delivered to the cockpit. A trial staged by NATS … Read more