NATS and the UK CAA have issued festive messages for the Christmas period.

The regulator got into the spirit with a post on X that said “Santa had all the approved licences to carry presents into the UK and is all clear to enter our airspace!”

NATS also said a sleigh with the callsign SANTA01 would be transiting UK airspace at hypersonic speeds.

FlightRadar24 is providing a tracking service service for children to follow Father Christmas.

The company posted on Christmas Eve: “Santa now making his way south for the first present deliveries in the South Pacific later this evening. Did you know that Santa cruises at the same altitude as Concorde.

“There’s no sonic boom, but there is plenty of jingling.”