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- October flights decline by 5%
17 November 2008
Airlines used the switch to winter flight schedules last month to trim their services in response to the economic downturn, according to latest figures from NATS, the UK's major air traffic management company. - Latest update on TCN consultation
23 October 2008
Analysis continues of the feedback to the consultation by NATS, the UK's leading air traffic management company, on proposals to redraw the aircraft route map across a large area of south-east England. - Website service interruption - an apology
17 October 2008
- Further slowdown in air traffic
10 October 2008
The number of flights in UK airspace has fallen for a third month with the latest figures, for September, showing a decrease of 2.1 per cent on last year. - NATS wins five-year MoD flight procedures contract
9 October 2008
NATS Services Ltd (NSL) is to redesign the flight procedures at 54 military aerodromes as part of a five-year contract with the Ministry of Defence. - Interruption to the air traffic control service
25 September 2008
Air traffic control operations returned to normal at 7pm tonight after a fault in one of the systems that feeds the controller workstations at the London Area Control Centre. - Flights through UK airspace continue to fall
12 September 2008
Traffic figures for August show the number of flights through UK airspace has fallen for a second month.
However, Gatwick, the world's busiest single-runway airport, broke both its monthly and daily records, despite overall negative growth in the UK, handling 26,386 movements during the month and a record 895 movements on 22 August. Heathrow traffic fell by 1.2 per cent, to 41,391 movements.
- One week to comment on Irish Sea airspace change plans
18 August 2008
The consultation by NATS, the UK's leading air traffic management provider, on proposed changes to airspace over the eastern coast of Northern Ireland and a small area of south-west Scotland ends on Friday 22 August. Anyone who wants to register their views on the proposals must do so by then. - First fall in monthly traffic figures since 9/11
12 August 2008
Monthly figures for July show the number of flights through UK airspace have fallen for the first time since the year-long downturn in the aviation industry following September 11, 2001.
- NSL wins contract for Isle of Man's new airport tower
29 July 2008
NATS Services Ltd (NSL) has been awarded a £1.8m contract to fit out the Isle of Man's new airport tower with the latest in avionics and air traffic control technology.
