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

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
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
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 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 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
The UK government is coming under increasing pressure to redesign Britain’s increasingly complicated and outdated airspace.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
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
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 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
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