Thursday, February 24, 2011

Asia and Pacific Initiative to Reduce Emissions (ASPIRE)





FAA Environmental Initiative Advances
FAA announced that the Asia and Pacific Initiative to Reduce Emissions (ASPIRE), a partnership with FAA's counterparts and airlines in Australia, New Zealand, Japan and Singapore to reduce aviation's impact on the environment, is moving beyond the demonstration stage with the launch of ASPIRE-Daily service in selected Pacific markets.

Air New Zealand was scheduled to begin ASPIRE-Daily service from Auckland to San Francisco on Feb. 21, using some of the flight procedures identified by the ASPIRE partners to help reduce fuel burn and carbon emissions.

"This is another significant step in our rollout of the Next Generation Air Transportation System," said FAA Administrator Randy Babbitt. "We're beginning to bring the green benefits of NextGen to the airlines and passengers in the Pacific on a daily basis." Over the next four months, other carriers are expected to join Air New Zealand in flying ASPIRE-Daily routes between additional city pairs, FAA said.

Airlines flying ASPIRE-Daily routes must be equipped with advanced avionics that allow them to use at least four of the environmentally friendly procedures per flight outlined in the ASPIRE program. These include the satellite-based Required Navigation Performance avionics, which automatically update an aircraft's precise position to air traffic controllers and provide an on-board system to monitor navigation performance. Another satellite-based system in use is the Future Air Navigation System, which transmits communications data directly from pilots to controllers.

Five ASPIRE demonstration flights have taken place since the agreement was signed on Feb. 12, 2008, FAA said.



By

NEHA JAIN

      

   

     



            
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