Atlantic's Improved RNP-AR

摘要

Faroe Islands national carrier Atlantic Airways has been cleared to use Required Navigation Performance - Authorisation Required (RNP AR) approach software with a transition to the instrument landing system. Atlantic's Airbus A319s already used the Airbus ProSky RNP AR 0.1 procedure for landings at its Vagar Airport base, which is frequently affected by poor weather. The latest approval adds curved missed approach functionality. "Thanks to the new procedure, the weather minima compared to the conventional ILS have dropped by 225 feet and the RNP to ILS approach is fully managed, under the autopilot mode, and with a seamless transition from the RNP AR approach to the ILS mode," said Atlantic Airways captain Johan [ Nidristovu. The approval followed testing that involved the airline, Airbus and the Danish Transport Authority.