There was a time when Heathrow would come to a standstill on a daily basis to watch and listen to a very special aircraft, almost as if someone had pressed the pause button on the frantic pace of life at the airport.

NATS has been working with Aerobility – a flying based charity – on a number of projects over the last couple of years. We were delighted when Mike Miller-Smith, CEO, agreed to write a guest post about Aerobility and highlight the forthcoming Aviator’s Ball.

We now operate in more than 30 countries around the world. That includes providing air traffic control services at 15 airports in the UK. We’ve decided to shine a spotlight on those domestic operations and over the next few months we will be bringing you a profile of each of our UK operations. We start today with Stansted.

Safety is always our number one priority, and that includes when it comes to cyber security and information assurance. Improving security is an on-going effort to ensure that we understand and can guard against the latest risks.

Fifteen minutes don’t go by without another colleague or friend asking me, “What in the world is going on in your country?!?

We asked an expert from inside NATS to get out the popcorn and give us an accuracy rating for that quintessential ATC movie, Pushing Tin

Controlling aircraft is just one part of our business. To ensure we maintain our position as a world leader in the provision of ATC services we look for the very best and talented recruits for our engineering teams.

There’s been a lot of news in the press recently about pilots falling asleep on the job. So what better time for our very own Head of Human Factors, Neil May, to talk about the work being done at NATS to combat fatigue and ensure that controllers at the top of their game when at work.

During periods of bad weather such as fog, control has to switch to radar and ‘low visibility procedures’ to ensure airport operations can continue safely.

BBC Sussex ran its usual Breakfast Show from Gatwick Airport this morning. BBC Sussex ran its usual Breakfast Show from Gatwick Airport this morning. Steve Anderson, General Manager at NATS Gatwick, was interviewed and asked about his time at the tower and working in air traffic control.