From 2024, all new Lufthansa Group A320neo/A321neo aircraft will be delivered with automated flight transmission technology which will facilitate flight path optimization, thereby saving fuel and reducing CO2 emissions.
On Wednesday (July 5, 2023), Lufthansa announced that the Group will invest in new technology to transmit flight trajectory data in real time. Starting in 2024, the Lufthansa Group will receive 65 Airbus A320neos/A321neos on order equipped with the new Automated Dependent Surveillance – Contract Extended Projected Profile (ADS-C EPP) flight profile information technology. The Group is investing in the technology at an early date, as the technology will be required on all newly delivered aircraft and ATC ground systems in the EU from 2028. The technology is designed to help facilitate flight path optimization, thereby reducing fuel use and CO2 emissions.
In Wednesday’s announcement, Lufthansa Group’s Member of the Executive Board responsible for Fleet & Technology, Dr. Detlef Kayser, said,
“When it comes to using new technologies for more sustainable flying, the Lufthansa Group plays a pioneering role. That is why we have made a conscious decision to use the new technology for transmitting flight path information in real time as standard on our new Airbus A320neo/A321neo aircraft as early as 2024. This will enable our pilots to fly even more efficiently on first flights within Europe as early as next year, thus reducing CO2 emissions.”
The new technology will automatically transmit 4D flight path information generated by the aircraft’s flight management system (FMS) to air traffic control. The so-called 4D flight trajectory describes the further course of a flight in three spatial dimensions, namely length, width and height, with time being the fourth dimension. With more precise flight path information, ATC can control the airspace more efficiently and optimize the aircraft routing. The Lufthansa Group’s new aircraft equipped with ADS-C EPP will initially be able to use the new technology in Maastricht airspace (MUAC), which is the first airspace in Europe to meet all of the requirements.
Source: Lufthansa
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