GE’s Required Navigation Performance (RNP) Services designs and maintains precise approach and departure flight paths that allow RNP-capable aircraft to navigate without reliance on conventional ground-based radio-navigation signals. GE’s RNP flight paths help airlines achieve reductions in fuel burn and associated CO2 emissions, and provide improvements in airport access. GE’s RNP Services is an industry-leading portfolio of tailored navigation solutions, including RNP support, design, maintenance, and optimization.
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Environmental Benefits
GE's RNP Services can reduce the landing approach of RNP-capable aircraft by 9 nautical miles on average, which reduces landing time by 3 minutes and jet fuel consumption by 250 lbs compared to conventional ground-based navigation. By following shorter flight paths engineered by GE's RNP Services, a typical medium-sized airline with a fleet of 30 single-aisle aircraft can save approximately 1.7 million gallons of jet fuel per year. This would reduce CO2 emissions by approximately 17,000 metric tons per year, equivalent to the annual CO2 emissions of 3,300 cars on US roads.
Operating Benefits
GE's RNP Services can reduce the landing approach of RNP-capable aircraft by 9 nautical miles on average, which reduces landing time by 3 minutes and jet fuel consumption by 250 lbs compared to conventional ground-based navigation. By following shorter flight paths engineered by GE's RNP Services, a typical medium-sized airline with a fleet of 30 single-aisle aircraft can save approximately 1.7 million gallons of jet fuel per year, or $4.4 million annually at a jet fuel price of $2.50 per gallon.
