A China Southern Airlines Airbus A319 has successfully completed validation flights at Lhasa Gonggar Airport, China for tailored Performance-based Navigation (PBN) procedures developed by Naverus, a part of GE Aviation. The procedures use an advanced form of PBN, called Required Navigation Performance (RNP), to provide fuel-efficient, all-weather arrival and departure paths at one of the world’s highest and most challenging airports.
Nestled among the towering Himalayan Mountains, at an elevation of 11,700 feet, Lhasa is the capital of China’s Tibet Autonomous Region. It is among the most challenging flight environments in the world.
