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 Berlin’s Boeing 737 fleet chief and pilot Michail Tounas says a hybrid approach the German carrier is using at Innsbruck airport “combines the best of both worlds” between traditional radio-based ...

Performance-based navigation (PBN), a key element in FAA’s NextGen air traffic control modernization initiative, is moving ahead, although at a somewhat slower pace than some airlines would like.

Existing primary flight instrumentation "is no longer adequate and safe for the developing RNP (required navigation performance) environment", says the International Federation of Air Line Pilots ...