NATS Holdings
Main air navigation service provider in the United Kingdom / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Dear Wikiwand AI, let's keep it short by simply answering these key questions:
Can you list the top facts and stats about National Air Traffic Services?
Summarize this article for a 10 year old
SHOW ALL QUESTIONS
For other uses, see NATS (disambiguation).
NATS Holdings, formerly National Air Traffic Services and commonly referred to as NATS, provides en-route air traffic control services to flights within the UK flight information regions and the Shanwick Oceanic Control Area.[3] It also provides air traffic control services to 14 UK airports.
This article has multiple issues. Please help improve it or discuss these issues on the talk page. (Learn how and when to remove these template messages)
|
Quick Facts Company type, Industry ...
Company type | Public-private partnership |
---|---|
Industry | Air travel and airports |
Genre | Information Services |
Predecessor | NATCS |
Founded | 1962 (1962) |
Headquarters | Whiteley, England, United Kingdom |
Number of locations | London Area Control Centre and London Terminal Control Centre at Swanwick, Area Control at Prestwick, and air traffic control services at UK airports, as well as offices in Dubai and Singapore |
Area served | UK and Gibraltar airspace |
Key people | Martin Rolfe (chief executive officer) |
Services | International air traffic services and consultancy |
Number of employees | 4,227 (2021)[1] |
Parent | Civil Aviation Authority (49%)[2] |
Subsidiaries | NATS En-Route PLC NATS Services Ltd |
Website | www |
Close
The company's en-route business is regulated and operated under licence from the Civil Aviation Authority (CAA).[4]