AAI starts pre-determined feeder route system for flights at airport

Chennai: As the Jet Airways Chennai-Bangalore flight 2727 took off on Thursday, air traffic controllers eased back into their seats to watch on their monitors the aircraft follow the pre-determined feeder route out of the airport. However, the aircraft did not have the new feeder routes data fed into its flight management system (FMS). Hence, air traffic controllers had to guide the aircraft to its cruising altitude. Traffic was minimal in the afternoon, so things went off smoothly.
Though the Airports Authority of India (AAI) started its Performance Based Navigation (PBN) system on Thursday, after a 45-day intimation to all airlines, there were some initial hiccups because some of the aircraft did have data relating to the new departure and arrival feeder routes fed into their flight management systems.
A Chennai-Bangalore Kingfisher flight was the first one to fly out along the pre-determined feeder route prepared by AAI to implement the PBN-based RNAV 1 navigation system. AAI has designed feeder routes for departure and arrival for aircraft and has also defined six holding points 40 nautical miles around the city before implementing the navigation system.
23/10/09 Times of India

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