Go-ahead for the UK Airspace Design Service

The Department for Transport (DfT) and the UK Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) have announced the the outcome of their consultation on a new UK Airspace Design Service.

UKADS will be a single guiding mind to deliver the holistic, modernised design for UK airspace envisaged by the Airspace Modernisation Strategy. The Chancellor announced go-ahead for the UKADS and a new Support Fund on 17 March 2025.

• NATS (En Route) plc (NERL) will be tasked with the UKADS, initially focusing on the complex airspace around London. 
• We are setting up a UK Airspace Design Support Fund to help cover relevant costs of airspace modernisation outside London.  

Read the consultation response document, CAP 3106.