CIVIL AVIATION AUTHORITY: NATS PPP is 'Pragmatic and Im Imaginative' says CAA Chairman.

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M2 PRESSWIRE-12 November 1999-CIVIL AVIATION AUTHORITY: NATS PPP is 'Pragmatic and Imaginative' says CAA Chairman (C)1994-99 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD RDATE:101199 As history has shown, airlines and airports do not need to stay in the public sector, so why should air traffic control be any different? That was the question posed today by Sir Malcolm Field, Chairman of the Civil Aviation Authority.

Presenting the Brabazon Lecture at the Royal Aeronautical Society in London, Sir Malcolm described the Government's intention to create a Public-Private Partnership for National Air Traffic Services (NATS) as 'pragmatic and imaginative.' He said that NATS - at present a wholly-owned subsidiary of the CAA - will have to invest GBP 1 billion over the next ten years...