Multiple benefits including savings in fuel and CO2 emissions, as well as reduced holding times, are being hailed at Gatwick after the airport introduced a cross-border arrival management system, known as XMAN.

It follows a successful SESAR (Single European Sky ATM Research) trial run by air traffic management group NATS and partners and works by sharing information between NATS, the airport and surrounding Air Navigation Service Providers (ANSPs).

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