Air New Zealand (ANZ) is set to become the first airline to gain certification for its Airbus A320s to carry out near-precision approach procedures to required navigation performance (RNP) standards ...

Honeywell is working in concert with Gulfstream and Jeppesen to gain US Federal Aviation Administration approval for business aviation's first required navigation performance (RNP) instrument approach ...

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.

Air New Zealand has become the first airline to land an Airbus A320 using the most precise required navigation performance (RNP) standard approved by the manufacturer. The flight from Sydney landed at ...

Honeywell is helping business jet operators take advantage of the lower minimums and greater precision offered by RNP AR instrument approaches. Threats ranging from ballistic missiles to drones ...

Performance-based navigation (PBN), made up of area navigation (RNAV) and required navigation performance-authorization required (RNP-AR) sounds complicated. But in reality, it isn’t. Emirates’ Roger ...

In August 2021, I participated in an inspection flight of a new approach procedure at one of the most challenging airports to land at in the U.S., Colorado’s Eagle County (KEGE) with Hughes Aerospace ...

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 ...

South African Airways (SAA) has received approval from the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) to operate Required Navigation Procedures – Authorisation Required (RNP AR) procedures in the United ...