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class="bday dtstart published updated itvstart">1962</span>)</span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Headquarters</th><td class="infobox-data label"><a href="/wiki/Whiteley" title="Whiteley">Whiteley</a>, England, United Kingdom</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0;">Number of locations</div></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/London_Area_Control_Centre" title="London Area Control Centre">London Area Control Centre</a> and <a href="/wiki/London_Terminal_Control_Centre" title="London Terminal Control Centre">London Terminal Control Centre</a> at <a href="/wiki/Swanwick,_Hampshire" title="Swanwick, Hampshire">Swanwick</a>, Area Control at <a href="/wiki/Prestwick" title="Prestwick">Prestwick</a>, and air traffic control services at UK airports, as well as offices in Dubai and Singapore</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0;">Area served</div></th><td class="infobox-data">UK and Gibraltar airspace</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0;">Key people</div></th><td class="infobox-data agent">Martin Rolfe <small>(chief executive officer)</small></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Services</th><td class="infobox-data category">International air traffic services and consultancy</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0;">Number of employees</div></th><td class="infobox-data">4,227 (2021)<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Subsidiary" title="Subsidiary">Subsidiaries</a></th><td class="infobox-data">NATS En-Route PLC<br />NATS Services Ltd</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Website</th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="url"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.nats.aero/">www<wbr />.nats<wbr />.aero</a></span> <span class="mw-valign-text-top noprint" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3307163#P856" title="Edit this at Wikidata"><img alt="Edit this at Wikidata" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/8a/OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg/10px-OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg.png" decoding="async" width="10" height="10" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/8a/OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg/15px-OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/8a/OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg/20px-OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="20" data-file-height="20" /></a></span></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>NATS Holdings</b>, formally <b>National Air Traffic Services</b> and commonly referred to as <b>NATS</b>, provides en-route <a href="/wiki/Air_traffic_control" title="Air traffic control">air traffic control</a> services to flights within the UK <a href="/wiki/Flight_information_region" title="Flight information region">flight information regions</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Shanwick_Oceanic_Control" title="Shanwick Oceanic Control">Shanwick Oceanic Control Area</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It also provides air traffic control services to 14 UK airports. </p><p>The company's en-route business is regulated and operated under licence from the <a href="/wiki/Civil_Aviation_Authority_(United_Kingdom)" title="Civil Aviation Authority (United Kingdom)">Civil Aviation Authority</a> (CAA).<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=NATS_Holdings&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The organisation was originally set up as the <b>National Air Traffic Control Services</b> (<b>NATCS</b>) in 1962, bringing together responsibility for the UK's existing military and civil air traffic control services.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (September 2023)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p><p>The organisation became <b>National Air Traffic Services</b> (<b>NATS</b>) when the responsibility for sponsoring the civil air traffic service component was transferred to the newly formed <a href="/wiki/Civil_Aviation_Authority_(United_Kingdom)" title="Civil Aviation Authority (United Kingdom)">Civil Aviation Authority</a> (CAA) in 1972. Before this it had no legal existence – all contracts were with the CAA or MoD.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (September 2023)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p><p>Until its establishment as a separate company, the leadership of NATS (the "Controller") alternated between civil and military, the latter normally a serving <a href="/wiki/Air_Marshal" class="mw-redirect" title="Air Marshal">air marshal</a>. The first controller was Sir <a href="/wiki/Laurence_Sinclair" title="Laurence Sinclair">Laurence Sinclair</a>, exceptionally a retired <a href="/wiki/Air_Vice_Marshal" class="mw-redirect" title="Air Vice Marshal">air vice marshal</a>. NATS staff were drawn from and paid by, the CAA and the <a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Defence_(United_Kingdom)" title="Ministry of Defence (United Kingdom)">MoD</a>.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (September 2023)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p><p>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 <a href="/wiki/Privatised" class="mw-redirect" title="Privatised">privatised</a> at that time. NATS was re-organised into a <a href="/wiki/Limited_company" title="Limited company">limited company</a> on 1 April 1996<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and became a wholly owned subsidiary of the CAA.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> 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. </p><p>In 1998, a <a href="/wiki/Public-private_partnership" class="mw-redirect" title="Public-private partnership">public-private partnership</a> was proposed. This was written into the <a href="/wiki/Transport_Act_2000" title="Transport Act 2000">Transport Act 2000</a> and in 2001 51% of NATS was transferred to the private sector. However, due to the decline in air traffic following the <a href="/wiki/September_11,_2001_attacks" class="mw-redirect" title="September 11, 2001 attacks">September 11, 2001 attacks</a> £130m of additional investment was required, £65m coming each from the <a href="/wiki/UK_government" class="mw-redirect" title="UK government">UK government</a> and <a href="/wiki/Heathrow_Airport_Holdings" title="Heathrow Airport Holdings">BAA</a>, which received 4% of the company in return.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>As a public-private partnership the UK government holds 49% and a <a href="/wiki/Golden_share" title="Golden share">golden share</a>, with 42% held by the Airline Group, 5% by NATS staff, and 4% by UK airport operator LHR Airports Ltd.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Guardian_2023_failure_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Guardian_2023_failure-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Structure">Structure</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=NATS_Holdings&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Structure"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The workforce of NATS includes <a href="/wiki/Air_traffic_controllers" class="mw-redirect" title="Air traffic controllers">air traffic controllers</a> (ATCOs), air traffic control engineers (ATCEs), air traffic services assistants (ATSAs) and science technical analytical and research staff (STARs). Administrative and support staff make up the remainder of the 4,200 or so employees of NATS. Martin Rolfe became CEO of NATS in May 2015. </p><p>NATS is split into two main service provision companies: <i>NATS En-Route PLC</i> (NERL) and <i>NATS Services Ltd</i> (NSL). </p> <ul><li><b>NERL</b> 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 services.</li> <li><b>NSL</b> 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.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Operations">Operations</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=NATS_Holdings&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Operations"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In 2019 NATS handled 2.54m flights.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="En-route_control_centres">En-route control centres</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=NATS_Holdings&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: En-route control centres"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>There are two control locations in the UK operated by NERL: </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/London_Area_Control_Centre" title="London Area Control Centre">London Area Control Centre</a> and <a href="/wiki/London_Terminal_Control_Centre" title="London Terminal Control Centre">London Terminal Control Centre</a> at <a href="/wiki/Swanwick,_Hampshire" title="Swanwick, Hampshire">Swanwick</a> in Hampshire control both upper level en-route traffic across England and <a href="/wiki/Wales" title="Wales">Wales</a> up to the Scottish border and low-level traffic around <a href="/wiki/London" title="London">London</a> and <a href="/wiki/South_East_England" title="South East England">South East England</a>, including aircraft making approaches to the main London airports.</li> <li>The <a href="/wiki/Prestwick" title="Prestwick">Prestwick</a> Centre, <a href="/wiki/Ayrshire" title="Ayrshire">Ayrshire</a>, is home to the Scottish Area Control Centre (including, since January 2010, the former Manchester Area Control Centre), which controls traffic over Scotland, <a href="/wiki/Northern_Ireland" title="Northern Ireland">Northern Ireland</a>, and up to FL285 over the northern half of England, and the Prestwick Oceanic Area Control Centre which provides a <a href="/wiki/Procedural_control" title="Procedural control">procedural control</a> service for traffic crossing the <a href="/wiki/Atlantic_Ocean" title="Atlantic Ocean">North Atlantic</a> via the <a href="/wiki/Shanwick_Oceanic_Control" title="Shanwick Oceanic Control">Shanwick Oceanic Control Area</a>.</li></ul> <p>Various <a href="/wiki/Radar" title="Radar">radar</a> stations are operated around the UK, one such being that on <a href="/wiki/Great_Dun_Fell" title="Great Dun Fell">Great Dun Fell</a> in Cumbria. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Airport_services">Airport services</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=NATS_Holdings&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Airport services"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The airports service line provides air traffic services at 16 UK airports:<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <figure typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Heathrow_Traffic_Control_Tower_-_geograph.org.uk_-_144749.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b9/Heathrow_Traffic_Control_Tower_-_geograph.org.uk_-_144749.jpg/140px-Heathrow_Traffic_Control_Tower_-_geograph.org.uk_-_144749.jpg" decoding="async" width="140" height="206" class="mw-file-element" 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href="/wiki/Aberdeen_Airport" title="Aberdeen Airport">Aberdeen Airport</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Birmingham_Airport" title="Birmingham Airport">Birmingham Airport</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/London_City_Airport" title="London City Airport">London City Airport</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Luton_Airport" title="Luton Airport">Luton Airport</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/London_Stansted_Airport" title="London Stansted Airport">London Stansted Airport</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cardiff_Airport" title="Cardiff Airport">Cardiff Airport</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bristol_Airport" title="Bristol Airport">Bristol Airport</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Newcastle_International_Airport" title="Newcastle International Airport">Newcastle International Airport</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Farnborough_Airport" title="Farnborough Airport">Farnborough Airport</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Manchester_Airport" title="Manchester Airport">Manchester Airport</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Belfast_International_Airport" title="Belfast International Airport">Belfast International Airport</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/George_Best_Belfast_City_Airport" title="George Best Belfast City Airport">George Best Belfast City Airport</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Glasgow_Airport" title="Glasgow Airport">Glasgow Airport</a> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:NATS_Glasgow_-_geograph.org.uk_-_560629.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4a/NATS_Glasgow_-_geograph.org.uk_-_560629.jpg/220px-NATS_Glasgow_-_geograph.org.uk_-_560629.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="137" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4a/NATS_Glasgow_-_geograph.org.uk_-_560629.jpg/330px-NATS_Glasgow_-_geograph.org.uk_-_560629.jpg 1.5x, 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title="Ministry of Defence (United Kingdom)">Ministry of Defence</a> (MoD), via <a href="/wiki/Qinetiq" title="Qinetiq">Qinetiq</a>, for air traffic and range air control services at a number of UK ranges, including: </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/MOD_Aberporth" class="mw-redirect" title="MOD Aberporth">MOD Aberporth</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/MOD_Hebrides" title="MOD Hebrides">MOD Hebrides</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Larkhill" title="Larkhill">Larkhill Garrison</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/MoD_West_Freugh" class="mw-redirect" title="MoD West Freugh">MOD West Freugh</a></li></ul> <p>NATS also provides services to the MoD's <a href="/wiki/Military_Aviation_Authority" title="Military Aviation Authority">Military Aviation Authority</a>. </p><p>Aberdeen NSL provides air traffic services on behalf of NERL to offshore helicopters operating primarily from Aberdeen, <a href="/wiki/Shetland" title="Shetland">Shetland</a> (<a href="/wiki/Sumburgh,_Shetland" class="mw-redirect" title="Sumburgh, Shetland">Sumburgh</a>), <a href="/wiki/Humberside_Airport" title="Humberside Airport">Humberside Airport</a>, <a href="/wiki/Norwich_Airport" title="Norwich Airport">Norwich Airport</a> and North Denes. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Defence">Defence</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=NATS_Holdings&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Defence"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">For pre-NATS history of provision of the services, see <a href="/wiki/RAF_West_Drayton" title="RAF West Drayton">RAF West Drayton</a> and <a href="/wiki/RAF_Prestwick" title="RAF Prestwick">RAF Prestwick</a>.</div> <p>NATS helps the military around the world share airspace with <a href="/wiki/Civil_aviation" title="Civil aviation">civil aviation</a> for commercial, political and environmental reasons. Services NATS provides include: </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Aeronautical" class="mw-redirect" title="Aeronautical">Aeronautical</a> data</li> <li>Defence consulting</li> <li><a href="/wiki/En-route_chart" title="En-route chart">En route</a></li> <li>Military Terminal ATC provision</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Surveillance" title="Surveillance">Surveillance</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Aquila">Aquila</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=NATS_Holdings&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Aquila"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Aquila is a joint venture between NATS and <a href="/wiki/Thales_Group" title="Thales Group">Thales</a> 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 and overseas, including more than 60 airfields and ranges. </p><p>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. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Engineering">Engineering</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=NATS_Holdings&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Engineering"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Engineering services NATS provides include: </p> <ul><li>Control centre systems</li> <li>Airport technology</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Consultancy">Consultancy</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=NATS_Holdings&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Consultancy"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Airspace" title="Airspace">Airspace</a> design</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Capacity_planning" title="Capacity planning">Capacity planning</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Environmental_accounting" title="Environmental accounting">Environmental reporting</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Occupational_Health" class="mw-redirect" title="Occupational Health">Occupational Health</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Runway" title="Runway">Runway</a> capacity studies</li> <li>Strategy and business planning</li> <li>Safety management and <a href="/wiki/Human_factors" class="mw-redirect" title="Human factors">human factors</a></li> <li>Technology and projects</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Information_services">Information services</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=NATS_Holdings&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Information services"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Services provided by NATS include: </p> <ul><li>Aeronautical charting</li> <li>Aeronautical Information Management (AIM)</li> <li>Procedure design</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Surveillance" title="Surveillance">Surveillance</a> data</li> <li>Target Start Approval Time (TSAT)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wind_farms" class="mw-redirect" title="Wind farms">Wind farms</a> planning and consultancy</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Former_Operations">Former Operations</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=NATS_Holdings&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Former Operations"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="En-route_control_centres_2">En-route control centres</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=NATS_Holdings&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: En-route control centres"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Further information: <a href="/wiki/London_Terminal_Control_Centre#History" title="London Terminal Control Centre">London Terminal Control Centre § History</a></div> <p>The London Air Traffic Control Centre at <a href="/wiki/RAF_West_Drayton" title="RAF West Drayton">RAF West Drayton</a> opened in 1966 and provided ATC services until it closed in 2007, with the move to Swanwick. </p><p>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 Area Control Centre which subsequently closed. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Airport_services_2">Airport services</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=NATS_Holdings&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: Airport services"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>NATS, through its airports service line, established an alliance with Spanish partner <a href="/wiki/Ferrovial" title="Ferrovial">Ferrovial</a> in 2011, forming FerroNATS,<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> which provides air traffic control (ATC) services at nine airports across Spain: <a href="/wiki/Alicante" title="Alicante">Alicante</a>, <a href="/wiki/Valencia" title="Valencia">Valencia</a>, <a href="/wiki/Ibiza" title="Ibiza">Ibiza</a>, <a href="/wiki/Sabadell" title="Sabadell">Sabadell</a>, <a href="/wiki/Sevilla" class="mw-redirect" title="Sevilla">Sevilla</a>, <a href="/wiki/Jerez" class="mw-redirect" title="Jerez">Jerez</a>, <a href="/wiki/Melilla" title="Melilla">Melilla</a>, Madrid Cuatro Vientos, <a href="/wiki/Vigo" title="Vigo">Vigo</a> and <a href="/wiki/A_Coru%C3%B1a" title="A Coruña">A Coruña</a> 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 Portobello Capital and renamed Skyway.<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p><br /> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Associations_and_alliances_with_other_organisations">Associations and alliances with other organisations</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=NATS_Holdings&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: Associations and alliances with other organisations"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>NATS is a full member of the <a href="/wiki/Single_European_Sky_ATM_Research" title="Single European Sky ATM Research">Single European Sky ATM Research</a> (SESAR) <a href="/wiki/Joint_undertaking" class="mw-redirect" title="Joint undertaking">joint undertaking</a>, and a member of the SESAR Deployment Alliance, a cross-industry partnership made up of four airline groups, operators of 25 airports and 11 air traffic control providers. The SESAR Deployment Alliance was appointed to the role of SESAR Deployment Manager by the European Commission in December 2014 and will help to co-ordinate and synchronise the modernisation of Europe's air traffic management system.<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>NATS is a founding member of two of Europe's leading ANSP Alliances – the A6 Alliance and the <a href="/wiki/Borealis_Alliance" title="Borealis Alliance">Borealis Alliance</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>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 the SESAR Deployment Alliance, which was recently appointed SESAR Deployment Manager by the European Commission. </p><p>The Borealis Alliance is an alliance of Air Navigation Service Providers (ANSPs). The Alliance includes the ANSPs of Denmark, <a href="/wiki/Estonia" title="Estonia">Estonia</a>, <a href="/wiki/Finland" title="Finland">Finland</a>, <a href="/wiki/Iceland" title="Iceland">Iceland</a>, Ireland, <a href="/wiki/Latvia" title="Latvia">Latvia</a>, Norway, Sweden and the UK. The Borealis Alliance is currently working on a major programme to deliver free route airspace across the whole of Northern Europe by 2020. </p><p>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 <a href="/wiki/Functional_Airspace_Block" class="mw-redirect" title="Functional Airspace Block">Functional Airspace Block</a>, often referred to in the industry as FAB,<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> under the <a href="/wiki/European_Commission" title="European Commission">European Commission</a>'s <a href="/wiki/Single_European_Sky" title="Single European Sky">Single European Sky</a> initiative.<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>NATS is a full member of the <a href="/wiki/Civil_Air_Navigation_Services_Organisation" title="Civil Air Navigation Services Organisation">Civil Air Navigation Services Organisation</a> (CANSO), an international association of companies that provide air traffic control services. </p><p>NATS is a shareholder in European Satellite Services Provider (ESSP), a company set up to operate the <a href="/wiki/European_Geostationary_Navigation_Overlay_Service" title="European Geostationary Navigation Overlay Service">European Geostationary Navigation Overlay Service</a> (EGNOS).<sup id="cite_ref-ESSP_19-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ESSP-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>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,<sup class="noprint Inline-Template" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Avoid_weasel_words" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:Avoid weasel words"><span title="The material near this tag possibly uses too vague attribution or weasel words. (January 2023)">which?</span></a></i>]</sup> working with many different organisations in Europe and beyond, including Singapore, the United States and <a href="/wiki/Qatar" title="Qatar">Qatar</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Notable_incidents">Notable incidents</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=NATS_Holdings&action=edit&section=15" title="Edit section: Notable incidents"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>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 <a href="/wiki/2010_eruption_of_Eyjafjallaj%C3%B6kull" class="mw-redirect" title="2010 eruption of Eyjafjallajökull">Eyjafjallajökull</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-BBC100416_20-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-BBC100416-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> in cooperation with the Met Office, CAA and UK government. </p><p>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 <a href="/wiki/Eurocontrol" title="Eurocontrol">Eurocontrol</a> that "There has been a failure of the flight data computer server at London ACC [area control centre]." At 16:30 the airspace was reopened, however it remained restricted with some landing flights being turned away.<sup id="cite_ref-bbc-20141212_21-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-bbc-20141212-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> NATS reported that the failure was due to a single faulty line of software source code.<sup id="cite_ref-bbc-20141214_22-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-bbc-20141214-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On 28 August 2023 NATS suffered a major technical incident that caused severe delays.<sup id="cite_ref-Guardian_2023_failure_8-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Guardian_2023_failure-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It occurred on the busiest day of the year.<sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> 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, representing about 27% of all flights. The following day at least 281 flights were cancelled.<sup id="cite_ref-BBC_August_2023_24-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-BBC_August_2023-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=NATS_Holdings&action=edit&section=16" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/History_of_air_traffic_control_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="History of air traffic control in the United Kingdom">History of air traffic control in the United Kingdom</a></li></ul> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Linesman/Mediator" title="Linesman/Mediator">Linesman/Mediator</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span 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