I wonder what innovation DFS can bring realistically ?
Gatwick shifts up to 55 aircraft an hour already so hard to see that drastically improving. It is also well ensconced in London TMA airspace so will have to fit in with the greater good of the TMA, controlled by NATS.
Or maybe the innovation is being able to do it with a large Government subsidy with no questions asked, along with insider knowledge of all NATS business practices and finances ?