Easyjet has completed the installation of a new navigation software in 54 aircraft to relieve collaboration with air traffic control (ATC) personnel.
The largest airline in the United Kingdom said the system shares real -time airplane trajectory information with ATC suppliers, which helps create more efficient route calculations.
The future Air Navigation System software (FANS-C) also implies instructions from ATC controllers to pilots, such as “ascending to 36,000 feet”, to be transmitted by text instead of radio, reducing the possibilities of misunderstandings or returns.
Easyjet said he has adapted the program on the 54 A320 and A321 Neo Family aircraft.
The new carrier jets extend from the Airbus assembly line are equipped with serial technology.
Easyjet said the software has saved 334 tons of fuel since it began using it in 2019.
He said last month that the disruption of French ATC was responsible for most of his delays this summer.
David Morgan, director of Operations of Easyjet, said: “Technologies such as fans-C are not only essential for the modernization of airspace, but will be critical to help offer significant reductions in fuel, carbon emissions and noise pollution.
“To maximize the potential of these technologies, it is essential that the airspace reform is finally delivered, and this means more direct routes to help reduce congestion and delays.
“The United Kingdom Government has taken positive measures to redesign the United Kingdom airspace: now we need those plans quickly delivered here and throughout Europe to properly take advantage of these technologies and capitalize on the environmental benefits they will offer.”
The Department of Transportation and the Civil Aviation Authority are establishing a group of aviation experts to work with the United Kingdom airports in the modernization of airspace.
This United Kingdom Air Space Design Service is expected to be launched by the end of the year.
The NATS supplier was blamed for a problem related to the radar for an ATC failure of the United Kingdom by the July 30 supplier that forced the cancellation of more than 150 flights, interrupting thousands of passengers.
