London City Airport to install remote ATC tower

Credit: London City Airport Twitter
London City Airport (LCY) will be the first in the UK to have its air traffic control (ATC) functions controlled remotely. From 2019, control of aircraft using the airport will be handled from 70 miles away at the Swanwick, Hampshire HQ of the UK’s air navigation service provider, NATS. Controllers...
Alan Dron

Based in London, Alan is Europe & Middle East correspondent at Air Transport World.

Subscription Required

 

This content requires a subscription to one of the Aviation Week Intelligence Network (AWIN) bundles.

Schedule a demo today to find out how you can access this content and similar content related to your area of the global aviation industry.

Already an AWIN subscriber? Login

 

Did you know?  Aviation Week has won top honors multiple times in the Jesse H. Neal National Business Journalism Awards, the business-to-business media equivalent of the Pulitzer Prizes.