NATIONAL Air Traffic Services (NATS), which employs 2,200 people at its UK headquarters near Fareham, handled record numbers of flights with fewer delays in 2004-5.
A total of 2,200,665 flights used UK airspace, a new record and an increase of 4.8 per cent on the year before.
Figures also show that, last month, NATS handled 181,524 flights, an increase of 5.5 per cent on the same month last year.
Average delay, per flight, attributable to NATS was 20.9 seconds, compared to 40.6 seconds the year before, a cut of nearly half.
NATS chief executive Paul Barron said: "With demand for air travel set to increase over the next decade we have embarked on an ambitious £1 billion modernisation programme to meet future demand and to continue to provide a safe and reliable service."
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