Is this the end of SERCO's Dubai contract????
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Is this the end of SERCO's Dubai contract????
London: The UK's National Air Traffic Services (NATS) said yesterday it has won a contract to design airspace for traffic around Dubai World Central International Airport.
NATS, which is responsible for managing Britain's air traffic control, said in a statement work on the contract to design military and civil terminal airspace around the planned Gulf airport would start in July.
NATS declined to put a value on the contract, which it said was its largest overseas airspace contract.
Gulf tourism and trade hub Dubai is pouring $33 billion (Dh121.37 billion) into the planned international airport and infrastructure and real estate around the site.
NATS won a £725 million (Dh4.9 billion) contract with the UK government in February to provide air traffic control for military aircraft. NATS is 49 per cent owned by the UK government. Forty-two per cent is owned by a consortium of British Airways and six other British airlines, while 4 per cent is held by airports operator BAA and 5 per cent by NATS staff.
NATS, which is responsible for managing Britain's air traffic control, said in a statement work on the contract to design military and civil terminal airspace around the planned Gulf airport would start in July.
NATS declined to put a value on the contract, which it said was its largest overseas airspace contract.
Gulf tourism and trade hub Dubai is pouring $33 billion (Dh121.37 billion) into the planned international airport and infrastructure and real estate around the site.
NATS won a £725 million (Dh4.9 billion) contract with the UK government in February to provide air traffic control for military aircraft. NATS is 49 per cent owned by the UK government. Forty-two per cent is owned by a consortium of British Airways and six other British airlines, while 4 per cent is held by airports operator BAA and 5 per cent by NATS staff.
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Originally Posted by Saku
NATS won a £725 million (Dh4.9 billion) contract with the UK government in February to provide air traffic control for military aircraft.
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Originally Posted by BDiONU
To provide the facilities for military controllers to provide ATC to military aircraft.
You've got to just love the spin of the publicity machine
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Originally Posted by Chilli Monster
The same facilities which they've been providing for many years, which can't be provided by anyone else - hardly "won" was it.
NATS was most certainly not a sure fire winner.
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