Naverus has confirmed at NBAA that it is providing performance-based navigation (PBN) services to ConocoPhillips Alaska, which operates a corporate Boeing 737-700 into its Deadhorse base six times a week. This, says the company, "signals the unveiling of a complete set of PBN solutions for the business aviation market".
Naverus has provided services to airlines as geographically diverse as Southwest Airlines, Qantas and LAN, but the company's vice-president sales Matt Brown points out that "PBN solutions can provide just as much value in the business aviation world as they do in the airline world".
He explains: "Business operators have a keen interest in improving predictability and accessibility to key airport destinations. Also, many operators are motivated to reduce emissions as part of their corporate environmental initiatives. PBN solutions address these issues and more".
Naverus's PBN procedures for ConocoPhillips are expected to improve schedule reliability for its 737 operations into Deadhorse, near the Prudhoe Bay oilfield, reducing the number of times the aircraft is required to divert because of weather.
Depending on the runway in use at Deadhorse, the new simplified required navigation performance (RNP) approach procedures there are expected to reduce CO2 emissions by at least 250t a year and jet fuel consumption by more than 99,120lb (45,000kg) annually.
In addition to designing the CPAI navigation procedures at Deadhorse, Naverus has been guiding the company through PBN operational approvals and pilot training requirements.
Source: Flight Daily News
