Private airlines adopts RNP approach for safe landing

New Delhi: Seeking to put in place a more secure and safe landing system and save fuel, IndiGo Airlines on Saturday conducted the first ever Required Navigation Performance (RNP) approach in regular airline operations while landing at Kochi their scheduled flight from Bangalore.
The airlines has collaborated with Quovadis, a subsidiary of Airbus, the Airports Authority of India (AAI), and the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) to put in place a safe landing procedure at the Kochi International Airport. IndiGo has become the first carrier in India authorised to implement this effective, fuel-saving practice. The Kochi International Airport is India’s seventh busiest airport, and equipped with one Instrument Landing System (ILS) on runway 27 and a VOR (both ground based installations) that are used for guidance for landing procedures on both ends of the runway.
The entire process that has been successfully validated on the Airbus simulators and in the aircraft has now been flown successfully in regular commercial operations by IndiGo on its Airbus A320 on Friday.
24/06/12 Sujay Mehdudia/The Hindu

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