Southwest Airlines has now begun using required navigation performance procedures at 11 airports nationwide, the carrier announced Tuesday. The milestone, part of the company’s announced $175 million, ...

Quovadis, the flight operations services company of Airbus, has been chosen by Tibet Airlines to implement Required Navigation Performance (RNP) procedures for its operations using the Airbus A319.

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 ...

Required Navigation Performance started out in 1996 as a way for carriers to access mountainous airports safely. Now Southwest Airlines is about to use RNP to cut fuel burn and emissions while flying ...

Deploying required navigation performance (RNP) approaches at 46 midsized airports that are not now the focus of the US NextGen airspace overhaul could save many millions of dollars worth of fuel, ...

Southwest Airlines’ senior director of Flight Operations Jeff Martin spoke today about the benefits of RNP (Required Navigation Performance) and Southwest’s progression on RNP implementation ...

Performance-based navigation (PBN) procedures are being adopted on a worldwide basis. ICAO resolution A37-11 calls for the implementation of GNSS approach procedures with vertical guidance (APV) ...

Navigation technology that could greatly speed air travel is being rolled out slower in the United States than abroad – and might not be fully implemented in New York area airports any time soon, says ...

After a decade of debate, wrangling and setbacks, the Federal Aviation Administration has established the first comprehensive procedures for safer and more precise landings in all kinds of weather ...

The FAA has approved a letter of qualification for Naverus to move forward with developing flight paths consistent with the developmental NextGen air traffic control system. Headquartered in Kent, ...

Southwest Airlines this month commenced Required Navigation Performance procedures for approaches at 11 airports, asserting that "these new efficient flight procedures and enhanced avionics" will save ...