Airbus’ Quovadis and IndiGo demonstrate first RNP approach in India

Airbus’ Quovadis RNP subsidiary and IndiGo have successfully demonstrated, using an Airbus A320, the first ‘Required Navigation Performance’ (RNP) flight of any commercial airliner in India, at Cochin International Airport – the nation’s seventh busiest airport.
Specially developed by Quovadis, the RNP procedure for this airport was validated using Airbus flight simulators. Following this successful flight by IndiGo, Jet Airways will soon also demonstrate this procedure at the airport using a Boeing 737-800. Together, all operators with ‘RNP capable’ aircraft will benefit from RNP approaches at Cochin airport, once the new procedures have been officially published by the authorities.
“RNP approaches are a great way to achieve savings while improving safety,” says Paul-Franck Bijou, Chief Executive Officer of Quovadis. “RNP navigation has the necessary flexibility to optimise and segregate trajectories from non-RNP traffic, terrain and obstacles”.
He adds: “Quovadis, together with its partners CGx AERO in SYS and ENAC (Ecole Nationale de l’Aviation Civile), have been working with Indian authorities (DGCA), Airport Authorities of India and two operators, IndiGo and Jet Airways, to develop this RNP procedure.”
09/12/10 India Infoline/India Infoline

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