Canada’s biggest airport is adopting new landing procedures in an effort to decrease greenhouse emissions and noise caused by landing planes.
Nav Canada, a company that controls Canada’s civil air navigation system, revealed that the new practices at Toronto Pearson International Airport will reduce fuel burn and aircraft flying low over residential areas that are close.
According to the national navigation agency, Pearson now uses satellite-based data and modern flight management systems to help airplanes arrive at the same time on parallel runways on more direct routes.
In a statement, Nav Canada’s Program Director Blake Cushnie said: “Our goal is to ensure aircraft transit to their destination on the safest and most efficient path possible, while also respecting local communities and reducing the overall impact on the environment.
“The project at Toronto Pearson is designed to achieve just that and we believe this concept will eventually become the new normal at other major international airports globally.”
Nav Canada said aircraft landing at the same time on parallel runways were previously separated by a distance that needed some planes to fly at a low altitude or a longer trajectory to maintain their separation.
With the new development, airplanes that are approaching the airport from the south will be able to fly higher than they used to fly before, which according to Nav Canada will reduce noise over some communities.
Also, the new changes will permit shorter routes to reduce fuel consumption, which will help reduce the impact of aviation industry on the environment.
Nav Canada said: “Over the next 10 years, (the new practice) at Toronto Pearson is estimated to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 178 million kilograms.”
The agency revealed that several airlines in Canada are in support the changes.
The agency said: “Currently, all of WestJet’s fleet and the majority of Air Canada’s fleet of aircraft are equipped for (the new practices).”
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