GPS technology has been into existence for quiet longer time stepping into almost all the real time application but it hasn’t been employed in commercial airlines as a guide till date. Southwest airlines has recently established the concept by commencing a new satellite assistance runway approach. Southwest is the major airline and the most successful low fare high frequency and point to point carrier which has now stepped to take a new form of landing.
NASA, Federal Aviation Administration, Homeland Security and other popular agencies are been working on runaway approach for a long time. The idea is a portion of the biggest project named NextGen, which aims at modernizing the airline industries. This simple shift from ground to satellite based landing is about to cause the company close to about 130.816 million Euros, even so it can be recovered by fuel saving GPS technology as well as make money.
The regular ground based navigation aids landing using an staircase style approach. At each of the step, the flight has to verify for clearance and accelerate the engine backwards which burns out lot of fuel. The Global Positioning system satellites are more accurate than ground based approach, allowing direct and more precise approache for landing, which means you never have to ask for clearance any more.
The GPS assisted landing will help pilot come down in a less bent line without having to strangle the engine, there by cutting noise, fuel and environmental impacts.
Takemoto, the spokesperson said that FAA is working very seriously to lay out the modern approach and landing routes for RNP furnished aircrafts. Many other airlines like Alaska, Delta are introducing various aspects of NextGen system which should probably be fully done by the year 2020.
Southwest provides some important feed backs on how it implemented and where exactly you will face challenge and success, which is considered to be one of the biggest contribution of South west program.
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