Consortium to launch world-first electric flight ecosystem
A consortium of Atkins, Vertical Aerospace, Virgin Atlantic, Skyports, Heathrow, NATS, Bristol and London City airport and more will announce today a new project to develop and test the world’s first end-to-end ‘ecosystem’ or network for electric air flight, to be tested by air taxi flights into London Heathrow and Bristol Airport, with UK government […]
Busiest day for air traffic so far in July
In July, NATS handled 252,173 flights in UK airspace, an increase of 0.9% on July 2018. There was growth in many areas of the operation, especially non-transatlantic international overflying traffic and transatlantic overflights, increasing by 6.5% and 5% respectively. Traffic grew at seven of the 13 airports where NATS provides the air traffic control service, […]
CAA backs Belfast airspace reclassification
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The Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) has given the go-ahead for the reclassification of the airspace over Belfast. The change, which comes into effect from 26 May 2016, will see all airspace within the Belfast Terminal Manoeuvring Area (TMA) change from a mix of Class E and D controlled airspace to solely Class D. The newly simplified […]
Trial to cut Heathrow holding times enters operational service
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A trial project to cut aircraft holding times at Heathrow Airport has been so successful it has now entered permanent operational service. Known as cross-border arrivals management – or XMAN – the procedure sees NATS air traffic controllers in the UK working with those in the surrounding airspace in France, Ireland, Belgium and the Netherlands to […]