What is NATS two-centre strategy?
NATS’ objective is to maintain its position at the cutting edge of European air traffic control development. As we move towards a Single European Sky and consolidation of air traffic control centres across Europe, our two-centre strategy involves rationalising the number of centres from four sites at the time of the PPP in 2001 to two by 2010. In November 2007, the London Terminal Control operation was moved from West Drayton near Heathrow, to join with London Area Control operations at the Swanwick Centre in Hampshire. This reduced the number of centres from four to three.It will be two when the Manchester Area Control Centre is moved under the same roof as Oceanic Control at the new Prestwick Centre in Ayrshire, Scotland.
