The company was created 1987 as a State-Owned Enterprise having formerly being a division of the Ministry of Transport, a government department.

[2] This involves:[3] Airways was the world's first ATC provider to operate a fully automated conflict probe with their Oceanic Control System (OCS).

This formed the basis of the Lockheed Martin Ocean21 ATC system used by the United States' oceanic centres at Anchorage, Oakland and New York.

These systems allow controllers to manage significantly more aircraft than traditional systems because the machine is responsible for detecting any potential future conflicts so the controller can then decide on an action that maintains a safe separation between aircraft.

Airways is a full member of the Civil Air Navigation Services Organisation (CANSO).