With less than a year to go to the Glasgow 2014 Commonwealth Games and planning well under way, we’ve been reflecting on the work we were doing this time last year at the London 2012 Olympics.

Cardiff Airport welcomed its largest ever aircraft for the first time yesterday – a formidable British Airways A380.

Air traffic control is all about getting as many aircraft through your airspace as efficiently and safely as possible. If you can successfully do that day in day out, passengers, airports and airlines will all be happy – sounds simple!

The Royal International Air Tattoo – or RIAT – is this weekend, and the Air Tattoo Air Traffic unit will be staffed by a number of NATS Controllers – including Ian Revell.

It’s been a couple of months of positive news from the Middle East aviation industry. No-where was that more in evidence than at the 13th annual Airport Show in Dubai.

One of the main things occupying the minds of those involved in providing air traffic services is how we reduce costs for airlines whilst improving safety and reducing emissions. Adrian Clark is one of our experts who forms part of the SESAR team looking into how to do this in Terminal Operations.

This week the United States celebrated Independence Day, so it seemed an appropriate time for our US Business Development Manager to share his thoughts on independence. ANSP independence.

Did you know that every time you fly you’re taking part in a relay race on a huge scale where the runners are air traffic controllers and you and your plane is the baton?

Forecasts suggest that by 2035 there will be 14.4m flights a year across Europe, 50% more than in 2012. Europe’s airspace, and the way we manage it, will need to be very efficient to deal with that level of demand and maintain both safety and service.

Manchester Airport’s new £20m control tower is due to take over live operations at the UK’s third biggest airport during the night tonight.