NAO-UK-report-for the National Air Traffice Services PFI project-2002

National Air Traffic Services Ltd (NATS) is the company which holds a monopoly of air traffic control for aircraft flying over the United Kingdom. It also provides air traffic control at most of the large airports around the country. The costs of its services are met by charges to users, mainly airlines. Until the PPP it was owned by the Civil Aviation Authority, which remains its regulator. This report looks at the NATS PPP.