NATS, the UK's leading air traffic management provider, has won its largest-ever overseas airspace design contract at what will be one of the world's largest international airports in Dubai.
The contract is to design terminal airspace around Jebel Ali International Airport, which will have six runways and an annual capacity of 120 million passengers. The contract was awarded to NATS by the UAE Government with work commencing in early July.
NATS will work closely with the local aviation authorities to design airspace that will offer flexibility to optimise operations for the new airport and between civil and military traffic.
Lawrence Hoskins, Managing Director of NATS’ commercial business, said “This is the largest overseas contract of its kind that NATS has won and we are delighted to have the opportunity to showcase our expertise at the world’s largest international airport.
“We have worked in collaboration with a number of civil aviation departments within the UAE and this project is very much aligned with our strategy to create partnerships. We look forward to successfully delivering the airspace design in January prior to the airport becoming operational in December 2007.”
The British company recently won a landmark contract worth more than £700 million to provide air traffic control systems to the UK’s Ministry of Defence, the first of its kind to enable full integration between civil and military en route air traffic control.
