New Zealand, U.S. and Australia Agree to Accelerate Ways to Reduce Emissions

Airways New Zealand, New Zealand's ANSP (air navigation services provider), has signed a trilateral agreement with the FAA and Airservices Australia to accelerate the development of air traffic control procedures which the parties believe will reduce aviation's environmental footprint, while increasing airspace capacity and efficiency.

The ASPIRE (Asia and South Pacific initiative to reduce emissions) agreement, which was signed this week at the Singapore Aviation Summit,  aims to provide a regional platform to showcase the region's leadership in global aviation emissions reductions to ensure that, as aviation grows, its environmental impacts are reduced over time.

Airways New Zealand CEO Ashley Smout said the agreement is a significant step towards closer regional collaboration to continue leading the world in global aviation emissions reduction.

An important part of that collaboration, according to Mr. Smout, will be a commitment to "accelerate the development of operational procedures which will further reduce the environmental footprint of aircraft in our combined airspace for all phases of flight, from gate to gate."

These procedures include RNP (required navigation performance), CDA (continuous decent approach), UPR (user preferred routes), dynamic airborne rerouting and reduced (30/30 nautical mile) horizontal separation in oceanic areas.  02-23-2008.

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