Goa’s upcoming international airport at Mopa successfully completed a Required Navigation Performance (RNP) on Monday with the landing and take-off of the first commercial aircraft from its runway, officials said. Once operational, it will be the second international airport in Goa after the one in Dabolim.
An Airbus A320 aircraft from Indigo Airlines tested and validated RNP at Mopa on Monday.
“Today, we have successfully completed the Required Navigation Performance Procedure at the upcoming New Goa International Airport. RNP approach ensures integrity and accuracy and helps an aircraft to follow specific paths using board equipment. This procedure not only offers safety benefits by means of its precision and accuracy, but it also enhances operational efficiency by minimising multiple step-downs, and inaccurate circling approaches etc,” said the chief executive officer (CEO) of the Goa GMR International Airport, R V Seshan.
