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BT in £32m air traffic control deal
News As a public private partnership, NATS - co-owned by seven UK airlines, the government, BAA and an employee trust - is embarking on a 10-year modernisation programme costing £1bn. In June, bad publicity - not alien to air traffic control IT projects... [19 Aug 2004]
ITNet wins £17.3m air traffic outsourcing deal
News National Air Traffic Services (NATS), which is half owned by the government, is expected to make substantial annual savings from the deal in addition to improvements to its infrastructure and administrative service levels. [02 Sep 2003]
More taxpayer money to be pumped into NATS
News The UK government owns just over half of NATS, with a consortium of airlines and employees owning the rest. But the government has now said it will give even more cash - matching any amount raised by NATS and BAA. [12 Jun 2002]
NATS gets cash reprieve
News UK government transport secretary Stephen Byers has agreed to subsidise the financially strapped National Air Traffic Control System (NATS) to the tune of £30m of taxpayer cash. NATS' bank backers have matched the government's cash with another... [20 Feb 2002]
Air traffic control quashes bankruptcy rumours
News However, a spokeswoman from Barclays Capital said: "We are talking to NATS, the Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) and the government about sorting out a solution. Following the terrorist attacks of 11 September NATS has seen a massive drop in its... [19 Feb 2002]
UK air traffic control desperate for cash
News The UK government currently owns 49 per cent of NATS, with 46 per cent owned by a consortium including British Airways and Virgin Atlantic. However, the government is certain to come under heavy flack if it helps NATS out, as it is only a matter of... [23 Oct 2001]
Air traffic privatisation plans grounded by the Lords
News The government wants to raise £1bn for technology improvement to NATS by selling the system off to a public-private partnership. This is the second time the Lords have rejected the sell-off of NATS, this one coming just days before the Transport... [28 Nov 2000]
UK air traffic control goes private
News The UK's National Air Traffic Services (Nats) is looking for a strategic partner to invest £1bn into digital air traffic control. Nats MD, Bill Semple, said the vast majority of the money will be invested in technology. [28 Jul 1999]
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