Airports Push For Faster Adoption Of Streamlined Approach Profiles
A continuous descent typically saves 60-70 kg of fuel for a narrowbody aircraft.
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Continuous descent operations—where approach flightpaths follow a constant slope angle, as opposed to a succession of descents and level segments—are seeing gradual adoption in Europe. Smoother descents cut aircraft noise and fuel burn. While streamlining a descent may look simple, modifying the...
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