The FAA approved a new RNP (Required Navigation Performance) approach for Aspen, Colorado's Runway 15, offering lower minimums (537 ft with 1 1/4 mile visibility) and a stable 3.5-degree approach.

Considered by some as the ultimate breakthrough allowing the transition from ground-based to aircraft-based navigation, Required Navigation Performance (RNP) has enjoyed a rather slow, decade-long ...

The US move towards a performance-based navigation system has taken a step forward with the US Federal Aviation Administration approval for Delta Air Lines to use any required navigation performance ...

Air Berlin’s Boeing 737 fleet chief and pilot Michail Tounas says a hybrid approach the German carrier is using at Innsbruck airport “combines the best of both worlds” between traditional radio-based ...

Thales recently won an FAA award for up to 300 ILS systems, to be installed between 2007 and 2013. Many will replace older equipment, but at least 100 systems will provide precision approaches at new ...

THE view at 10,000ft over Queenstown is spectacular. For a cockpit observer, The Remarkables and Lake Wakatipu make a magnificent sight, but for Air New Zealand's Captain Don Brock the excitement is ...

RNP Authorization Required (AR) approaches are a type of navigation guidance used for landing at airports with challenging terrain or environmental conditions. DGCA informed that a successful approach ...

IndiGo on Wednesday said it has introduced a flight procedure that will enable pilots to navigate the complex terrain surrounding Kathmandu valley with more precision. Aviation regulator DGCA ...

PANAJI: Goa’s naval airfield INS Hansa, which also doubles up as Goa’s international airport, will be the first Joint-User International Aerodrome in the South-Asia Pacific region to be augmented with ...