text: Electronic Data bags flight data contract . LONDON 1996-12-06 Information technology firm Electronic Data Systems said on Friday it had bagged a contract for the first air traffic control project being funded under the Private Finance Initiative . In a statement , EDS said the contract would be in the region of 50 million stg . The contract involved upgrading the flight data processing system at the Oceanic Control Centre in Prestwick in south west Scotland for National Air Traffic Services Ltd ( NATS ) , subsidiary of the Civil Aviation Authority . The system is responsible for the control of aircraft flying transatlantic routes from Europe and North America . The system , which would use satellite technology , is scheduled to enter service in 2000 . -- London Newsroom +44-171-542 7717