The importance of airspace, the invisible infrastructure that underpins UK aviation, was emphasised on December 10,2012, by Richard Deakin, NATS Chief Executive Officer, as he gave evidence to the Transport Select Committee Inquiry on Aviation Strategy. Mr Deakin said that the function of airspace was too often overlooked in the debate around future airport capacity in the south east of England, telling MPs that "airports only work with efficient airspace to support them." He went on to say: 'The south east of England is one of the busiest and most complex areas of airspace anywhere in the world, accommodating flight paths for the five major London airports, and a number of smaller facilities, within a very small geographic area.
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