{"id":2747,"date":"2022-06-03T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2022-06-03T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/eodatahub.com\/index.php\/2022\/06\/03\/egnos-makes-flying-sustainably-easy\/"},"modified":"2022-06-03T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2022-06-03T00:00:00","slug":"egnos-makes-flying-sustainably-easy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/eodatahub.com\/index.php\/2022\/06\/03\/egnos-makes-flying-sustainably-easy\/","title":{"rendered":"EGNOS makes flying sustainably \u2018easy\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"

EGNOS<\/a>, the European Geostationary Navigation Overlay Service, has revolutionised the way we fly: creating greater access to small and regional airports, increasing safety and facilitating more sustainable flight routes across Europe.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cFrom the commercial, regional, general and business aviation<\/a> sectors to original equipment manufacturers (OEMs), airports and the end user \u2013 everyone benefits from EGNOS,\u201d says Jean-Marc Pi\u00e9plu,\u00a0 Head of EGNOS Services Department at the EU Agency for the Space Programme (EUSPA).<\/p>\n

With news that Airbus has delivered the first EGNOS-enabled A320neo to the popular low-cost airline EasyJet, soon even more passengers will be flying with EGNOS. The A320neo is the world\u2019s most popular aircraft family for short-haul flights, claiming the greatest number of aircraft sold and delivered.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Accurate guidance for safer landings<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

As an alternative to ground-based Instrument Landing System (ILS) navigational aids, EGNOS-enabled approaches, often referred to as localiser performance with vertical guidance (LPV), utilise geostationary satellites and a network of ground stations to receive, analyse and augment GNSS<\/a> signals. In doing so, it enables aircraft approaches that are operationally equivalent to ILS CAT I, providing lateral and vertical guidance without the need for visual contact with the ground until a decision height of only 200 feet above the runway as minimum.\u00a0<\/p>\n

In addition to providing pilots with accurate guidance for safer landings (even in poor weather conditions), EGNOS is also more cost effective to install, maintain and operate than equivalent ground-based systems. This makes EGNOS particularly attractive to Europe\u2019s many small and regional airports that simply cannot afford the high cost of ILS.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cHaving the ability to cost-effectively offer accurate vertical guidance makes these airports safer and more attractive to short-haul flights,\u201d explains Pi\u00e9plu \u201cMoreover, EGNOS based procedures are mandatory in all instrument runways by 2024, and will be the main means for CAT-I by 2030 in EU.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n

Towards a more sustainable aviation sector\u00a0<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

Not only are these EGNOS-enabled approaches safer, they\u2019re also more sustainable. \u201cHaving LPV in all airports give more choices for alternate airports, which means that the distance to be flown could be shorter, and results in less fuel being burned and more emissions being released,\u201d adds Carmen Aguilera, Operational Market Development Officer at EUSPA. \u201cEGNOS approaches, as enabler of PBN, allows shorter trajectories with respect to conventional approaches, which is more fuel efficient.\u201d<\/p>\n

Thanks to its lower decision height, EGNOS can help pilots better evaluate visibility conditions, which in many cases means avoiding the need to circle or divert \u2013 two manoeuvres that burn a lot of fuel. \u201cMinimising diversions and aborted landings mean less fuel consumption, a win-win for both the environment and the airlines,\u201d concludes Aguilera.\u00a0<\/p>\n

EGNOS services are delivered by the EGNOS service provider (ESSP) under a contract with EUSPA.<\/p>\n

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EGNOS, the European Geostationary Navigation Overlay Service, has revolutionised the way we fly: creating greater access to small and regional airports, increasing safety and facilitating more sustainable flight routes across Europe.\u00a0 \u201cFrom the commercial, regional, general and business aviation sectors to original equipment manufacturers (OEMs), airports and the end user \u2013 everyone benefits from EGNOS,\u201d…
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