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NATS, CAAi agree international cooperation
Jun 28,2017
NATS Services
Limited, the commercial business within the UK¡¯s leading provider of air
traffic control services, and CAA International (CAAi), the consultancy arm of
the UK Civil Aviation Authority (UK CAA), have signed a landmark agreement
to cooperate and partner on future international consultancy projects, in an
effort to raise global aviation safety standards.
Signed
by Andy Head, business development director for NATS and Maria Rueda, managing
director for CAAi, the agreement supports future collaboration on overseas
capacity building programmes. Combining NATS¡¯ expertise in airspace design,
management and air traffic services and CAAi¡¯s regulatory oversight capability,
both parties intend to unite on aviation projects where they can complement one
another and provide states with the best possible solution to regulatory
compliance. At the same time, the agreement stipulates strict rules of
engagement to mitigate any conflict of interest arising from the cooperation.
Maria
Rueda, managing director of CAAi, said: ¡°We are delighted to have signed this
agreement with NATS and we look forward to working together. Increasingly, the
overseas aviation regulators we work with require regulatory expertise in
safety and security oversight, as well as air traffic services. By
collaborating on these projects, both parties are equipped to make the biggest
positive impact to the global aviation community for the interest of passengers
and operators flying to these locations and beyond¡±.
NATS¡¯ Head said, ¡°Aviation is growing rapidly throughout the world and this is placing greater and greater demand on limited airspace and airport resources. Working with the CAAi in this way allows us to offer a compelling proposition to aid aviation companies around the world achieve their objectives around capacity and safety, drawing on the experience of managing some of the world¡¯s busiest airspace and airports in the UK and integrating with Europe¡±.
This
partnership builds on an existing working relationship. In 2013, NATS and CAAi
joined forces to work with Qatar on a major airspace redesign project. Most
recently, both parties jointly supported the Airport Authority of Hong Kong
with noise modelling to support environmental impact improvements.
NATS
and CAAi will be able to offer overseas clients a combination of technical
advisory services, ranging from airspace design, capacity planning and
compliance frameworks to business planning, safety and security oversight and
environmental reporting.
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News source:Air Traffic Management