Annual Report & Accounts 2019

We have created the Airspace Change Organising Group to manage a collaborative programme of airspace modernisation, delivering further capacity for those wishing to fly, mitigating noise impacts on overflown communities and reducing CO2 emissions from aviation.

In the UK we won a new 10-year contract to provide Cardiff and St Athan airports with air traffic control (ATC) and engineering services. The infrastructure for London City’s digital tower ATC service was tested with live video feeds from the airport now being received into Swanwick. Internationally, we are providing Air Traffic Controllers (ATCOs) to the Airport Authority of Hong Kong and developing a prototype digital tower for Singapore’s Changi Airport.

We invested £51m to acquire a minority interest in Aireon, which provides satellite-based air traffic surveillance systems with global coverage capable of tracking and monitoring aircraft in real-time.

We commenced operational trials with space-based ADS-B data in our Oceanic operation. This is the first time an oceanic region has had the ability to receive real-time position reports for every aircraft. As well as enhancing safety, it improves capacity and fuel efficiency for customers.