1. NATS overview

2. What do we do?

3. is the UK’s leading provider of innovative air traffic services and solutions.
is the UK’s leading air traffic management provider, maintaining the orderly, efficient and, above all, safe passage of aircraft through UK airspace and beyond
Handled nearly 2.2m flights in FY 2011/12 (87% of flights to/from UK 13% overflights
also provides services worldwide
24 hours a day, 365 days a year

4. Our service lines

5. Providing services worldwide
United Kingdom
New environmental metric and performance scheme to drive down carbon emissions and fuel costs
United Kingdom
Fit out of new Manchester Airport control tower
Spain
ferroNATS selected to provide ATS at ten airfields
USA
Opening of NATS USA subsidiary
Japan
Airport capacity modelling and analysis to help the design and development of Narita
USA
Linking of NATS Airport CDM platform to US Next Generation Testbed
Hong Kong
Airspace re-design and related services for Hong Kong Civil Aviation Authority
Qatar
Two year airspace design and implementation consultancy project at the New Doha International Airport
Singapore
Terminal airspace design and ATC system surveillance trackers' performance projects underway
India
Capacity enhancement study to analyse reducing congestion, enhancing productivity and increasing operational efficiency at Mumbai International Airport
Oman
Airspace re-design for DGMAN Oman
South Africa
Procedure design for ATNS South Africa around 2010 World Cup

6. NATS Airports represents our innovative ATC and airport optimisation services which we offer to UK and international airport customers
Provides Airport ATS at 15 major commercial airports in UK, as well as Gibraltar, under competitive contract to the airport operator
Delivers new solutions to capacity constrained airports to improve their operations
Recently won a contract to provide air traffic control services at 10 Spanish airports

7. UK Airports Heathrow has over 1,300 flights per day
EDINBURGH
BELFAST
GLASGOW
ABERDEEN
MANCHESTER
LUTON
STANSTED
LONDON CITY
GATWICK
HEATHROW
SOUTHAMPTON
FARNBOROUGH
CARDIFF
BRISTOL
BIRMINGHAM
UK Airports
Heathrow has over 1,300 flights per day
85/90 aircraft per hour during the operating day and the most intensively utilised airport in Europe
Gatwick is the busiest single runway airport in the world

8. NATS Airspace represents our safe and efficient en route services
The sole provider of en route air traffic services in UK airspace – economically regulated and operating under licence from the CAA
Two control centres at Prestwick and Swanwick
Provides Shanwick air traffic services for the eastern North Atlantic
Provides all the supporting communications, navigation and surveillance infrastructure and facilities

9. Two control centres - Swanwick & Prestwick
SCOTTISH AREA CONTROL CENTRE
SHANWICK AREA CONTROL CENTRE
LONDON AREA CONTROL CENTRE
NATS Unclassified

10. Prestwick
Responsible for 880,000 flights per year in the airspace over the north of the UK (Scotland, Northern Ireland, Northern England, the Midlands, North Wales and the North Sea), and 390,000 flights over the North Atlantic Ocean, the busiest ‘remote area’ operation in the world
Handles approximately 41% of the UK’s air traffic

11. Handles on average 5,500 flights each and every day of the year
Controls 200,000 square miles of airspace above England and Wales including the complex airspace of London
Swanwick

12. London Area Control Operations
Controls upper level en route traffic over London and South East England
Handles around 5,500 flights per day, busiest Area Control Centre in Europe

13. London Terminal Control Operations
Controls low level traffic around London and South East England
Including aircraft making approaches and departures to and from the main London airports

14. NATS Consultancy is the initial point of contact for many of our new UK and international customers. It provides a window to the range of capability of services available.
Our areas of expertise include airspace design, engineering, ATC operations and transition management, safety management, operational analysis, project management, wind farm mitigation and simulation, human factors and training.

15. NATS Defence is the main point of contact for our military customers
NATS Defence is the main point of contact for our military customers. NATS provides a range of innovative defence services.
NATS already has a well established relationship with the MoD in the UK, through the provision of joint and integrated civil and military air traffic control services under the Future Military Area Radar Services (FMARS) contract

16. NATS Engineering provides engineering services to airport operators, construction companies and ATM industry suppliers, mainly integrating new ATM infrastructure at airports.
Recent examples of our work include the delivery into operation of new control towers at Heathrow, Farnborough, Edinburgh, Newcastle, Jersey and Isle of Man and the ground-breaking Virtual Control Tower (VCF) at Heathrow, the first fully certified virtual tower anywhere in the world.

17. NATS Information seeks to source and integrate traffic, meteorological and AIM data which can be offered to our customers to transform their performance.
Increasingly our customers are looking to information as the key enabler for future efficiency, improved passenger experience and flight optimisation.
Large development programmes in Europe (SESAR) and America (NextGen) have established a future concept of operations which is underpinned by the need for a common operational picture, shared between the ground and aircraft.

18. Our people
currently has approximately 4550 employees:
1900
AIR TRAFFIC CONTROLLERS
750
AIR TRAFFIC SERVICE ASSISTANTS
1000
ENGINEERS
900
ADMINISTRATION AND SUPPORT

19. How did we get here?
Slide 19

20. 1996
PUBLIC-PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP FOR NATS IS PROPOSED
2003
TEN YEAR £1 BILLION INVESTMENT PROGRAMME LAUNCHED
1962
NATS ESTABLISHED
2000
TRANSPORT ACT ENSHRINES THE PPP
2008
SALE OF HEATHROW TOWER
2011
NATS WINS SPANISH TOWERS CONTRACT
1996
NATS IS REORGANISED INTO A COMPANY AND BECOMES A WHOLLY-OWNED SUBSIDIARY OF THE CAA, PUTTING IT AT ARM’S LENGTH DISTANCE FROM ITS REGULATOR
2001
AIRLINE GROUP CHOSEN AS PREFERRED PARTNER; AG BUYS 46% OF SHARES, 5% DEVISED TO STAFF
2003
FINANCIAL RESTRUCTURING OF NATS, NECESSITATED BY AVIATION INDUSTRY DOWNTURN AFTER SEPTEMBER , IS COMPLETED, WITH FURTHER INVESTMENT FROM GOVERNMENT AND BAA PLC OF £65M EACH. BAA TAKES 4% SHAREHOLDING, REDUCING AG’S SHAREHOLDING TO 42%. £600M BOND ISSUE SUCCESSFULLY COMPLETED
2010
COMPLETION OF THE TWO-CENTRE STRATEGY WITH CONTROL CENTRES IN SWANWICK AND PRESTWICK
2012
NATS MANAGES PEAKS IN TRAFFIC THROUGHOUT THE LONDON OLYMPIC GAMES
1972
BECOMES PART OF THE CAA
NATS Unclassified

21. London 2012 Olympic Games
For the London Olympic Games NATS had to plan and prepare for:
Half a million overseas spectators arriving into the UK;
Flights carrying 70,000 overseas ‘Games Family’ members;
Flights carrying 150 Heads of State;
700 extra commercial flights into London’s main airports;
10,000 business jet movements.
While managing all that NATS also had to serve its customers and the flying public and:
Maintain and maximise capacity of London’s core Terminal Manoeuvring Area Airports who would be operating at maximum capacity at times;
Create extra capacity to satisfy demands on Instrument Flight Rules (IFR) airspace to continue to meet core demands without significant disruption;
Manage a significant expected increase in IFR movements to London’s second and third tier airports;
Satisfy national security requirements in terms of various threats.

22. London 2012 Olympic Games
After years of preparation, NATS delivered a gold-medal level performance. Despite traffic peaks, there were only 593 minutes of delay attributable to NATS throughout the whole Olympics. This compares to last year’s figure for the same period of more than 13,000 minutes of delay - a 95% reduction.
With no risk bearing losses of separation attributed to the Olympics and just two infringements of NATS temporary Controlled Airspace by general aviation aircraft.
This was made possible through our close working relationships with the MOD, CAA, General Aviation Community, Airlines and Airport Operators.

23. Inside NATS
Slide 23

24. £865 million £195 million Financial summary had an annual turnover of
(FY 2011/12)
£195 million
made an annual profit of
(FY 2011/12)

25. Five years of performance
Financial Year Ended 31 March
2006/7
2007/8
2008/9
2009/10
2010/11
2011/12
Flights Handled
2,405,573
2,480,004
2,371,624
2,172,025
2,116,000
2,167,000
Average Delay in Seconds (Attributable to NATS)
22.6
26.8
19.3
4.3
7.3
Safety (Airprox)
Where NATS is providing the service 55 57 52 41 34 29
NATS attributable 17 18 6 5
Risk-bearing (A or B) 1 2
NATS Group Profit/(Loss) before Tax (£m)
As stated under UKGAAP
As stated under IFRS
94.4
66.7
135.51
78.3
106.1
194.5
NATS Group Net Debt (£m)
As stated under UKGAAP
As stated under IFRS (NB)
577.3
538.1
480.3
519.7
528
509
1 – THIS INCLUDES THE SALE OF THE OLD HEATHROW TOWER
NOTE: NATS TOOK ADVANTAGE OF THE EXEMPTION AVAILABLE UNDER IFRS1 AND HAS NOT RESTATED NET DEBT AS AT 31 MARCH 2005 TO TAKE ACCOUNT OF THE REQUIREMENTS OF ACCOUNTING STANDARDS APPLICABLE TO FINANCIAL INSTRUMENTS (IAS32 AND IAS39).  THESE STANDARDS WERE ADOPTED AS OF 1 APRIL 2005 AND NET DEBT FROM 31 MARCH 2006 REFLECTS THE REQUIREMENTS OF THESE STANDARDS.

26. NATS structure and ownership
Government
(49%)
Airline Group
(42%)
BAA (4%)
Employees (5%)
CAA
Licensed by Govt via CAA
Operations
NATS (En Route) plc
Services
NATS (Services) Ltd
En route & Oceanic

27. NATS Executive Richard Deakin Gerry Skelton Simon Warr
Chief Executive Officer
Human Resources Director
Richard Deakin
Gerry Skelton
General Counsel & Company Secretary
Communications Director
Simon Warr
Richard Churchill - Coleman
Finance Director
Managing Director Operations
Nigel Fotherby
Martin Rolfe
Safety Director
Managing Director Services
David Harrison
Paul Reid

28. Operations Leadership Team
Managing Director Operations
Training & Simulation Director
Martin Rolfe
Garry Jackson
International Strategy Director
Operations Director (Prestwick)
Alastair Muir
Pauline Lamb
General Counsel & Company Secretary
Human Resources Director
Richard Churchill - Coleman
Gerry Skelton
Finance Director
Engineering & Programmes Director
Nigel Fotherby
Mike Stoller
Safety Director
Head of Employee Communications
David Harrison
Deborah Seymour
Strategy and Deployment Director
Simon Hocquard

29. Services Leadership Team
Managing Director NATS Services
Operations Director (Airports)
Juliet Kennedy
Paul Reid
International Strategy Director
Safety Director, Services
Steve Williamson
Alastair Muir
Finance Director, Services
Communications Director
Simon Warr
Guy Adams
Engineering Director
Head of Information
Ben Kiff
Iain Harris
Business Development Director
Head of Defence
Ewan Kelbie
Andy Head
Head of Consultancy
Fergus Cusden
Assistant General Counsel
Tony Payne
General Manager Customer Affairs
Andy Shand
Human Resources Director
Sarah Stacey

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