BT lands ‘major’ air traffic control deal

UK incumbent BT has been chosen to upgrade air traffic services provider NATS’s data networks.
The agreement covers the consolidation and modernisation of NATS’s critical data infrastructure across its sites.
These comprise its two air traffic control (ATC) facilities – one in Prestwick, Scotland, the other in Swanwick near London. Together, they handle on average more than 7,500 flights every day. They also monitor 1.1 million km² of airspace over England, Scotland and Wa