By Suzanna Kerridge, 30 March 1999 11:05
NEWS The sky over Britain will be safe to fly through after the millennium, according to the National Air Traffic Services (Nats). The aviation authority claims the systems used to patrol the airspace used by 5,000 daily flights are fully millennium compliant. It said testing work on its systems was completed on nearly 700 operational air traffic control and 170 non-operational systems. Bill Semple, chief executive of Nats, promised passengers a "normal service". Semple said Nats has spent £10m on the project since spring 1996.
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