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 ...

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, ...

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 ...

As Southwest Airlines moves ahead with plans to implement new fuel-saving navigation procedures, the airline is finding the process challenging. The low-cost carrier is investing $175 million over the ...

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 ...

While FAA is meeting its targets for introducing RNAV/RNP procedures, the chief watchdog for the U.S. Transportation Dept. questions whether the agency is addressing the areas of greatest need. FAA ...

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.

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 ...

An aircraft navigation system made by Naverus Inc. that allows airplanes to land at airports high in the mountains in adverse weather conditions is being tested at the Lijang airport in China.

CINCINNATI--(BUSINESS WIRE)--GE Aviation announces today that it has acquired Naverus, Inc., a privately owned, Washington-based supplier of advanced Performance-based Navigation (PBN) services, ...

SEATTLE & RIO DE JANEIRO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Brazil’s first Required Navigation Performance (RNP) flight procedures are approved for operational use, following a successful validation flight by GOL on ...