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On 28 August 2023 NATS suffered a major technical incident that caused severe delays. It occurred on the busiest day of the year. The incident lasted approximately 3 hours, however this caused knock-on delays. 790 flights departing UK airports and 785 flights arriving into UK airports were cancelled,
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Scottish air traffic control has been carried out from
Atlantic House in Prestwick since 1978. This situation changed with the opening of the Prestwick Centre in 2010, to which all operational services were transferred from the old Atlantic House along with the functions carried out at the Manchester
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responsible for delivering the UK's
Marshall program to transform terminal air traffic management at military airfields. Marshall seeks to ensure a safe, efficient and sustainable air traffic management (ATM) service for the UK armed forces. It will modernise ATM at over 100 MoD locations, in the UK
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The A6 is an alliance of some of the main
European Air Navigation Service Providers (ANSPs). Its aim is to help drive the modernisation of the European ATM network within the SESAR programme for the benefit of customers. The A6 members are full members of the SESAR Joint Undertaking and are part of
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airports in Spain. FerroNATS was awarded the contract to provide services at these airports through a competitive tender process run by the
Spanish aviation authority, AENA. All nine operational handovers were completed between November 2012 and January 2014. In February 2023 FerroNATS was sold to
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From 15 to 20 April 2010, under internationally agreed guidelines that require a zero tolerance approach to ash, NATS placed a series of restrictions on aircraft operating in UK controlled airspace owing to the potential dangers caused by a volcanic ash cloud from the eruption of
Icelandic volcano
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that "There has been a failure of the flight data computer server at London ACC ." At 16:30 the airspace was reopened, however it remained restricted with some landing flights being turned away. NATS reported that the failure was due to a single faulty line of software source code.
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NATS is primarily known for the air traffic services it provides in the UK but also works internationally providing air traffic and consultancy services in over 30 countries, working with many different organisations in Europe and beyond, including
Singapore, the United States and
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on 1 April 1996 and became a wholly owned subsidiary of the CAA. The direct involvement of military officers in the management of NATS ended at this time, although the last military
Controller, Air Marshal Sir Thomas Stonor, KCB, had retired in 1991.
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Aquila is tasked to deliver a system-wide modernisation and rationalisation of the current fragmented system, and establish a flexible ATM service which is future-proofed to meet potential changes in the regulatory and technological landscape.
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is the sole provider of civilian en-route air traffic control over the UK and is regulated by the CAA which, for example, determines the charges NERL can make. NERL is funded by
Eurocontrol route charges for the provision of air traffic
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Since the 1940s, the Irish and UK air traffic control service providers have worked effectively together. This was further strengthened in July 2008 when the UK and
Ireland launched the first operational
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competes for contracts to provide air traffic control at airports in the UK and overseas, as well as providing related services including engineering, consultancy, information services, and training.
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In 1992 it was recognised by the
Government that as a service provider, NATS should be operated at some distance from its regulator, the CAA. Although debated, it was decided that NATS should not be
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On 12 December 2014, from 15:30 until 16:30, traffic flow throughout the London airspace was restricted due to a computer system failure at NATS. At 15:30 an announcement was made by
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The Borealis Alliance is an alliance of Air Navigation Service Providers (ANSPs). The Alliance includes the ANSPs of Denmark,
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Aberdeen NSL provides air traffic services on behalf of NERL to offshore helicopters operating primarily from Aberdeen,
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1348:"UK air traffic control failure: What caused it, and who will have to pay? | Air transport | the Guardian"
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1297:"Refinancing the Public Private Partnership for National Air Traffic Services - National Audit Office (NAO) report"
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the SESAR Deployment Alliance, which was recently appointed SESAR Deployment Manager by the European Commission.
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representing about 27% of all flights. The following day at least 281 flights were cancelled.
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opened in 1966 and provided ATC services until it closed in 2007, with the move to Swanwick.
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in Hampshire control both upper level en-route traffic across England and
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NATS helps the military around the world share airspace with
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Main air navigation service provider in the United Kingdom
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1632:"Air chaos: Vince Cable accuses Nats of poor investment"
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For pre-NATS history of provision of the services, see
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up to the Scottish border and low-level traffic around
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History of air traffic control in the United Kingdom
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Iceland volcano: UK flights grounded for second day
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Associations and alliances with other organisations
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1144:European Geostationary Navigation Overlay Service
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2443:Port Victoria Marine Experimental Aircraft Depot
2651:Business services companies established in 1962
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1580:"Who we are. The ESSP in brief | ESSP-SAS"
1018:Area Control Centre which subsequently closed.
1556:. Atc-network.com. 18 May 2009. Archived from
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427:The organisation was originally set up as the
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1264:"NATS: Our Story", NATS Communications, 2006
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60:Learn how and when to remove these messages
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1422:"Adios FerroNATS, thanks for the memories"
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2560:Defence Electronics and Components Agency
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972:Aeronautical Information Management (AIM)
808:NATS also provides services to the MoD's
197:Learn how and when to remove this message
121:Learn how and when to remove this message
1747:Aerospace industry in the United Kingdom
1067:Portobello Capital and renamed Skyway.
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984:Target Start Approval Time (TSAT)
611:service for traffic crossing the
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1080:Single European Sky ATM Research
727:George Best Belfast City Airport
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2418:National Aircraft Factory No. 2
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2428:Norman Thompson Flight Company
2159:British Aircraft Manufacturing
1512:. UK Ireland FAB. 14 July 2013
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2478:Seaplane Experimental Station
2458:Rollason Aircraft and Engines
2209:Aeronautical Technical School
2114:William Beardmore and Company
1758:Economy of the United Kingdom
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722:Belfast International Airport
617:Shanwick Oceanic Control Area
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440:National Air Traffic Services
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394:National Air Traffic Services
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2463:Royal Aircraft Establishment
2154:British Aircraft Corporation
2079:Armstrong Whitworth Aircraft
1468:. A6 Alliance. 22 April 2015
1362:"Annual Report and Accounts"
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1806:Surrey Satellite Technology
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1444:"SESAR Deployment Manager"
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570:London Area Control Centre
494:September 11, 2001 attacks
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461:, exceptionally a retired
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2301:Gloster Aircraft Company
2296:General Electric Company
2286:Garland Aircraft Company
2169:Central Aircraft Company
2149:British Aircraft Company
2139:British Aerial Transport
2039:Abbott-Baynes Sailplanes
1000:En-route control centres
990:planning and consultancy
561:En-route control centres
448:Civil Aviation Authority
438:The organisation became
417:Civil Aviation Authority
2488:SELEX Sistemi Integrati
2361:Lindstrand Technologies
2331:Heston Aircraft Company
2281:Foster, Wikner Aircraft
2261:Fairey Aviation Company
2241:Edgar Percival Aircraft
2189:Comper Aircraft Company
1634:. BBC. 14 December 2014
1612:. BBC. 12 December 2014
1424:. NATS. 1 February 2023
956:Technology and projects
932:Environmental reporting
692:London Stansted Airport
521:air traffic controllers
2403:Moss Brothers Aircraft
2336:Hewlett & Blondeau
2194:Cunliffe-Owen Aircraft
1973:Safran Landing Systems
1823:Military Air Solutions
950:Safety management and
907:Control centre systems
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2371:M. B. Arpin & Co.
2266:Fane Aircraft Company
2129:Boulton Paul Aircraft
1888:Dunlop Aircraft Tyres
1813:Babcock International
1004:Further information:
969:Aeronautical charting
760:London Oxford Airport
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212:NATS Holdings Limited
103:neutral point of view
21:NATS (disambiguation)
2528:Westland Helicopters
2356:Lakes Flying Company
2094:Austin Motor Company
2059:The Airscrew Company
1534:. NATS. 14 July 2009
1319:NATS – Our Ownership
961:Information services
400:, provides en-route
250:Information Services
168:improve this article
19:For other uses, see
2413:Nash & Thompson
2408:D. Napier & Son
2393:Matra Marconi Space
2246:Elliotts of Newbury
1923:Hybrid Air Vehicles
1908:GE Aviation Systems
1903:General Dynamics UK
1898:Finmeccanica UK Ltd
1488:"Borealis Alliance"
1130:Single European Sky
1126:European Commission
937:Occupational Health
772:Ministry of Defence
712:Farnborough Airport
682:London City Airport
667:Southampton Airport
402:air traffic control
346:Number of employees
290:Number of locations
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172:independent sources
95:promotional content
2518:Vickers-Armstrongs
2438:Parnall & Sons
2381:Electronic Systems
2351:Kingsbury Aviation
2124:Boulton & Paul
2119:Blackburn Aircraft
2064:Airship Industries
2003:Thales Air Defence
1938:Marshall Aerospace
1933:Lockheed Martin UK
1876:Technical Services
1801:Astrium Satellites
910:Airport technology
864:Defence consulting
825:Humberside Airport
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717:Manchester Airport
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590:South East England
490:Transport Act 2000
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2473:Scottish Aviation
2179:Chrislea Aircraft
2144:British Aerospace
2018:Ultra Electronics
1851:Boeing Defence UK
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1196:Linesman/Mediator
1158:Notable incidents
1091:Borealis Alliance
1084:joint undertaking
995:Former Operations
927:Capacity planning
831:and North Denes.
662:Edinburgh Airport
532:NATS Services Ltd
528:NATS En-Route PLC
459:Laurence Sinclair
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2174:Chilton Aircraft
2099:Aviation Traders
2074:Airwork Services
2008:Thales Optronics
1958:Reaction Engines
1828:Eurofighter GmbH
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