Two countries on air safety blacklists are adopting performance-based navigation (PBN) to improve safety at terrain-constrained airports, ease airport congestion and provide fuel savings for airlines. Boeing Flight Services (BFS) is working with Indonesian carrier Lion Air, Indonesian airport operator and air navigation services provider Angkasa Pura I and Indonesia's Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) to introduce PBN at select airports, says BFS's director for navigation service, Charles Steigerwald. BFS has designed pre-approved flight paths for Ambon's Pattimura Airport and Manado's Sam Ratulangi International Airport, and Lion has performed validation flights to test Required Navigation Performance Authorization Required (RNP AR) procedures at them, Steigerwald says.
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