National Air Traffic Services (NATS), the UK’s principal air traffic services provider, is in the process of consulting with customers on its domestic en-route charge for calendar year 2004 and the related traffic forecasts.
After NATS Board approval, the company will submit its proposed charges to Eurocontrol by October 31.
The draft forecasts are set out below:
| NATS CSU Forecasts (2003-05) | ||||||
CSUs (000s) | Oct 03 (NEW DRAFT FORECAST) | NATS May 03 Forecast | Diff Oct 03 minus May 03 | Composite Solution Baseline Forecast (Nov 01) | Diff Oct 03 minus Nov 01 | Eurocontrol CRCO Latest Forecast (10/10/03) |
| 2002 | 8349 | 8349 | 0.0% | 8465 | -1.4% | |
| 2003 | 8711 | 8597 | 1.3% | 9536 | -8.7% | 8674 |
| 2004 | 9250 | 9052 | 2.2% | 10113 | -8.5% | 9028 |
| 2005 | 9652 | 9488 | 1.7% | 10500 | -8.1% | - |
