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FEATURE GE AVIATION

GE, AAI Tie Up to Improve

Airspace Efficiency

gE aviation will ProvidE tEchnical for an Indian airline. Once the flight Transportation, South Asia says, “GE
support to air navigation service provider paths are deployed and in use, a report is equipped to partner with India in the
Airports Authority of India (AAI) to documenting the actual benefits of the growth of its aviation industry. RNP
accelerate the deployment of Required flight paths will be published. will help the industry in enhancing
Navigation Performance (RNP) flight India’s aviation sector is one of the its accuracy and performance by
paths throughout India. fastest growing aviation markets in the reducing delays in flights and air traffic
“India has more than 50 mid-sized world and in the last decade, domestic congestion.”
airports which could benefit immediately air traffic has more than quadrupled Performance-based Navigation
with track mile and fuel savings from to 60 million while international traffic (PBN) technology allows pilots to use
RNP,” says Giovanni Spitale, general more than tripled to 40 million. onboard technology to follow a precise
manager of GE Aviation’s Flight Efficiency The use of RNP flight paths can track, independent of ground-based
Services. alleviate traffic congestion, excess fuel navigation beacons that limit where the
“In the long term, India could realize burn, noise levels around airports and aircraft can go.
80,000 tons of fuel and 252,000 tons of flight delays from increased traffic. RNP procedures, an advanced form
CO2 reduced annually by implementing Bengaluru is the nation’s fourth of PBN technology, can be designed to
RNP across the country,” says Spitale. busiest airport for overall passenger shorten the distance an aircraft has to
GE Aviation, through a U.S. Trade traffic and can benefit from the capacity fly en-route, and to reduce fuel burn,
and Development Agency (USTDA) grant, improvements promoted by RNP paths. exhaust emissions and noise pollution in
Our facilities in India and the U.K. are completely will work together with AAI to deploy the Aircraft operating into Guwahati, located communities near airports.
Because of RNP’s precision and
synchronized with Airbus’s supply chain and geared to meet efficient procedures at India’s Bengaluru, in the remote and mountainous northeast reliability, the technology can help air
area of India, can benefit from the
Mangalore and Guwahati airports to
their expectations. It is a challenge and a great honor improve airspace efficiency. schedule reliability of RNP, furthering traffic controllers reduce flight delays
GE will also work with India’s regulator the economic growth and social inclusion and alleviate air traffic congestion.
– Udayant Malhoutra, CEO and Managing Director, Dynamatic Technologies. Director General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) agenda for the region.
to support RNP operations approval Nalin Jain, Head, GE Aviation and
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