- September
22, 2015, 8:47 AM
Even as
India’s airlines remain undecided on the adoption of Gagan, the country’s
indigenous GPS Waas-like system, the general aviation industry is likely
to embrace the system once modalities on validation and certification are
sorted out. To address these issues, the Airports Authority of India (AAI),
general aviation aircraft OEMs and members of India’s Business Aircraft Operators Association
(BAOA) held
an initial meeting last week in New Delhi.
An
independent directorate within AAI for
communication, navigation and surveillance (CNS) is
being proposed to ensure Gagan be given “a focus and priority.” AAI is
currently developing procedures for 63 medium and small airports to make
them Gagan-enabled.
“The
business aviation industry will find this useful given that the new civil
aviation policy focuses on regional and remote connectivity,” said BAOA managing
director R.K. Bali. “Gagan will support more direct routes, reduce
separation standards, help fuel consumption and improve safety for
business aircraft.”
The
system reduces dependency on ground-based infrastructure and leverages the
precision and accuracy provided by satellite technologies for aircraft equipped
with a Gagan-capable GPS receiver. Suitably
certified, Gagan can provide approach procedures to runway ends to minimums as
low as 250 feet, close to a Category IILS.
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