Profile

NATS is the UK’s principal air navigation services provider and is split into two main businesses:

• • NATS (En Route) plc (NERL), which provides air traffic management services to aircraft within UK airspace and over the eastern part of the North Atlantic; and
• • NATS (Services) Ltd (NSL), which provides air traffic control services at many of the UK’s major airports (15 civil and 7 military airfields) and other airports overseas. 

NATS provides aerodrome, data, engineering, capacity, efficiency and environmental performance solutions to customers worldwide, including airports, airlines, air traffic service providers and governments.   

NATS handled 2.8m flights in the UK in the last financial year (2024/25).