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What do we do?
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is the UK’s leading provider of innovative air
traffic services and solutions.
is the UK’s leading air traffic management provider,
maintaining the orderly, efficient and, above all, safe passage of
aircraft through UK airspace and beyond
» Handled 2.1m flights in FY 2010/11 (87% of flights
to/from UK 13% overflights
also provides services worldwide
» 24 hours a day, 365 days a year
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Our service lines
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Providing services worldwide
United Kingdom
United Kingdom
Fit out of new
Manchester Airport
control tower
New environmental
metric and performance
scheme to drive down
carbon emissions and
fuel costs
Spain
ferroNATS selected to
provide ATS at ten
airfields
USA
Japan
Opening of NATS USA
subsidiary
Airport capacity
modelling and analysis to
help the design and
development of Narita
USA
Linking of NATS Airport
CDM platform to US Next
Generation Testbed
Hong Kong
Airspace re-design and
related services for Hong
Kong Civil Aviation
Authority
Qatar
Two year airspace design
and implementation
consultancy project at
the New Doha
International Airport
Singapore
India
Oman
Airspace re-design for
DGMAN Oman
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South Africa
Procedure design for ATNS
South Africa around 2010
World Cup
Capacity enhancement
study to analyse reducing
congestion, enhancing
productivity and increasing
operational efficiency at
Mumbai International
Airport
Terminal airspace design
and ATC system
surveillance trackers'
performance projects
underway
» Provides Airport ATS at 15 major
commercial airports
in UK, as well as Gibraltar, under
competitive contract to the
airport operator
» Delivers new solutions to
capacity constrained airports to
improve their operations
» Recently won a contract to
provide air traffic control
services at 10 Spanish airports
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NATS Airports represents
our innovative ATC and
airport optimisation
services which we offer to
UK and international airport
customers
UK Airports
Heathrow has over
1,300 flights per day
ABERDEEN
GLASGOW
EDINBURGH
MANCHESTER
85/90 aircraft per hour
during
the operating day and
the most intensively
utilised airport in Europe
BELFAST
LUTON
Gatwick is the busiest single
runway airport in the world
BIRMINGHAM
BRISTOL
STANSTED
CARDIFF
LONDON CITY
FARNBOROUGH
SOUTHAMPTON
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HEATHROW
GATWICK
NATS Airspace
represents our safe and
efficient en route
services
» The sole provider of en route air
traffic services in UK airspace –
economically regulated and
operating under licence from the
CAA
» Two control centres at
Prestwick and Swanwick
» Provides Shanwick air traffic
services for the eastern
North Atlantic
» Provides all the supporting
communications, navigation and
surveillance infrastructure and
facilities
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Two control centres
- Swanwick & Prestwick
SCOTTISH
AREA CONTROL CENTRE
SHANWICK
AREA CONTROL CENTRE
LONDON
AREA CONTROL CENTRE
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Prestwick
Responsible for 870,000
flights per year in the airspace
over the north of the UK
(Scotland, Northern Ireland,
Northern England, the
Midlands, North Wales and the
North Sea), and 390,000
flights over the North Atlantic
Ocean, the busiest ‘remote
area’ operation in the world
Handles approximately
41% of the UK’s air traffic
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Handles on average 5,500 flights
each and every day of the year
Controls 200,000 square
miles of airspace above
England and Wales including
the complex airspace of London
Swanwick
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London Area
Control Operations
Controls upper
level en route traffic over
London and South East
England
Handles around 5,500
flights per day, busiest Are
Control Centre in Europe
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London Terminal
Control Operations
Controls low level
traffic around London
and South East England
Including aircraft
making approaches and
departures to and from
the main London airports
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NATS Consultancy is the
initial point of contact for
many of our new UK and
international customers.
It provides a window to the
range of capability of
services available.
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» Our areas of expertise include
airspace design, engineering, ATC
operations and transition
management, safety
management, operational
analysis, project management,
wind farm mitigation and
simulation, human factors and
training.
NATS Defence is the main
point of contact for our
military customers. NATS
provides a range of
innovative defence services.
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NATS already has a well
established relationship with the
MoD in the UK, through the
provision of joint and integrated
civil and military air traffic control
services under the Future Military
Area Radar Services (FMARS)
contract
NATS Engineering provides
engineering services to
airport operators,
construction companies and
ATM industry suppliers,
mainly integrating new ATM
infrastructure at airports.
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Recent examples of our work
include the delivery into operation
of new control towers at
Heathrow, Farnborough,
Edinburgh, Newcastle, Jersey and
Isle of Man and the groundbreaking Virtual Control Tower
(VCF) at Heathrow, the first fully
certified virtual tower anywhere in
the world.
NATS Information seeks to
source and integrate traffic,
meteorological and AIM data
which can be offered to our
customers to transform their
performance.
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Increasingly our customers are
looking to information as the key
enabler for future efficiency,
improved passenger experience
and flight optimisation.
Large development programmes
in Europe (SESAR) and America
(NextGen) have established a
future concept of operations
which is underpinned by the need
for a common operational picture,
shared between the ground and
aircraft.
Our people
currently has approximately 4550 employees:
AIR TRAFFIC CONTROLLERS
1900
AIR TRAFFIC SERVICE ASSISTANTS
750
ENGINEERS
1000
ADMINISTRATION AND SUPPORT
900
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How did we get here?
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PUBLIC-PRIVATE
PARTNERSHIP FOR
NATS IS PROPOSED
TEN YEAR £1 BILLION
INVESTMENT
PROGRAMME LAUNCHED
1996
TRANSPORT ACT
ENSHRINES THE
PUBLIC PRIVATE
PARTNERSHIP (PPP)
NATS
ESTABLISHED
1962
2000
2003
SWANWICK AREA
CENTRE OPENS
2002
NATS WINS SPANISH
TOWERS CONTRACT
2011
2003
FINANCIAL RESTRUCTURING OF NATS,
NECESSITATED BY AVIATION INDUSTRY
DOWNTURN AFTER SEPTEMBER 11
2001, IS COMPLETED.
1996
NATS IS REORGANISED INTO
A COMPANY AND BECOMES A
WHOLLY-OWNED SUBSIDIARY
OF THE CAA.
2010
2001
1972
BECOMES PART
OF UK Regulator
CAA
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AIRLINE GROUP CHOSEN
AS PREFERRED PARTNER;
AIRLINE GROUP BUYS 46%
OF SHARES, 5% DEVISED
TO STAFF
COMPLETION OF THE
TWO-CENTRE STRATEGY
WITH CONTROL CENTRES IN
SWANWICK AND PRESTWICK
Inside NATS
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Financial summary
had an annual turnover of
£777.3 million
(FY 2010/11)
made an annual profit of
£106.1 million
(FY 2010/11)
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Five years of performance
Financial Year Ended 31 March
Flights Handled
2005/6
2006/7
2007/8
2008/9
2,330,589
2,405,573
2,480,004
Average Delay in Seconds
(Attributable to NATS)
2009/10
2010/11
2,371,624
2,172,025
2,116,000
22.2
22.6
26.8
19.3
4.3
4.3
Where NATS is providing the service
56
55
57
52
41
34
NATS attributable
17
17
18
17
6
6
0
1
2
0
0
0
Safety (Airprox)
Risk-bearing (A or B)
NATS Group Profit/(Loss) before Tax (£m)
As stated under UKGAAP
As stated under IFRS
80.3
94.4
66.7
135.51
78.3
106.1
598.5
577.3
538.1
480.3
519.7
528
NATS Group Net Debt (£m)
As stated under UKGAAP
As stated under IFRS (NB)
1 – THIS INCLUDES THE SALE OF THE OLD HEATHROW TOWER
NOTE: NATS TOOK ADVANTAGE OF THE EXEMPTION AVAILABLE UNDER IFRS1 AND HAS NOT RESTATED NET DEBT AS AT 31
MARCH 2005 TO TAKE ACCOUNT OF THE REQUIREMENTS OF ACCOUNTING STANDARDS APPLICABLE TO FINANCIAL INSTRUMENTS
(IAS32 AND IAS39). THESE STANDARDS WERE ADOPTED AS OF 1 APRIL 2005 AND NET DEBT FROM 31 MARCH 2006 REFLECTS
THE REQUIREMENTS OF THESE STANDARDS.
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NATS structure and ownership
Government
(49%)
CAA
Airline Group
(42%)
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Employees
(5%)
Licensed by Govt
via CAA
Operations
Services
NATS (En Route) plc
NATS (Services) Ltd
En route & Oceanic
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BAA
(4%)
NATS Executive
Chief Executive Officer
Human Resources Director
Richard Deakin
Gerry Skelton
General Counsel & Company Secretary
Communications Director
Richard Churchill - Coleman
Finance Director
Nigel Fotherby
Simon Warr
Managing Director Operations
Martin Rolfe
Safety Director
Managing Director Services
David Harrison
Paul Reid
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Operations Leadership Team
Managing Director Operations
Training & Simulation Director
Martin Rolfe
Garry Jackson
International Strategy Director
Operations Director (Prestwick)
Alastair Muir
Pauline Lamb
General Counsel & Company Secretary
Human Resources
Richard Churchill - Coleman
Bob Bowden
Finance Director
Chief Information Officer
Safety Director
Head of Communications
Operations Director (Swanwick)
Engineering & Programmes Director
Nigel Fotherby
David Harrison
Simon Hocquard
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Gavin Walker
Deborah Seymour
Mike Stoller
Services Leadership Team
Managing Director NATS Services
Communications Director
Paul Reid
Simon Warr
International Strategy Director
Human Resources Director
Alastair Muir
Sarah Stacey
Finance Director
Head of Customer Affairs
Guy Adams
Andy Shand
Engineering Director
Safety Director
Iain Harris
Steve Williamson
Business Development Director
Hd of Global Consultancy
Andy Head
Fergus Cusden
Operations Director (Airports)
Defence Director
Juliet Kennedy
Ewan Kelbie
Head of Information (Interim)
Ben Kiff
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Visit www.nats.co.uk
for more information
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