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Nov 25, 2011 (newstodate): The Faeroe Islands' carrier Atlantic Airways will put its Airbus A319 aircraft into commercial operation at Vagar Airport from March 28, 2012.
The aircraft was ordered in 2008, and the carrier holds an option for a second aircraft.
To accommodate flight procedures at the topographically very demanding airport at Vagar, Atlantic Airways plans to start the A319 operations by using RNP-AR, developed by the Airbus subsidiary Quovadis, from the first day of service of the aircraft.
Vagar Airport is located on the most westerly of the Faeroe islands. The surrounding terrain and the local meteorological conditions make Atlantic Airways' operations very challenging for existing conventional flight procedures to accommodate efficiently.
In order to safely improve operational efficiency and to make the entry into service of its Airbus A319 more successful, Atlantic Airways has invested in very accurate RNP-AR flight procedures provided by Quovadis.
By improving the RNP-AR accuracy to better than 0.3 nautical miles on the approach, the procedures can bring the aircraft to a low decision altitude, aligned with the runway and avoid turbulence areas.
The airport's runway is currently being extended from the original 1,100 m to 1,799 m allowing the aircraft to operate without weight penalties as was earlier the case when Maersk Air operated a Boeing 737-200 on the route to and from Copenhagen.
The aircraft was ordered in 2008, and the carrier holds an option for a second aircraft.
To accommodate flight procedures at the topographically very demanding airport at Vagar, Atlantic Airways plans to start the A319 operations by using RNP-AR, developed by the Airbus subsidiary Quovadis, from the first day of service of the aircraft.
Vagar Airport is located on the most westerly of the Faeroe islands. The surrounding terrain and the local meteorological conditions make Atlantic Airways' operations very challenging for existing conventional flight procedures to accommodate efficiently.
In order to safely improve operational efficiency and to make the entry into service of its Airbus A319 more successful, Atlantic Airways has invested in very accurate RNP-AR flight procedures provided by Quovadis.
By improving the RNP-AR accuracy to better than 0.3 nautical miles on the approach, the procedures can bring the aircraft to a low decision altitude, aligned with the runway and avoid turbulence areas.
The airport's runway is currently being extended from the original 1,100 m to 1,799 m allowing the aircraft to operate without weight penalties as was earlier the case when Maersk Air operated a Boeing 737-200 on the route to and from Copenhagen.