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Chile’s LAN Conducts Region’s First Performance-Based Flight
Chile's LAN Conducts First Flight Using PBN Procedures in Latin America.
Chile's LAN Airlines conducted Latin America's first flight from takeoff to landing using performance-based navigation procedures designed by GE Aviation's PBN Services. (Image: Airbus)
Chile's LAN Airlines conducted Latin America's first flight from takeoff to landing using performance-based navigation procedures designed by GE Aviation's PBN Services. (Image: Airbus)

GE Aviation and Chile’s LAN Airlines recently conducted the first flight in Latin America using precise performance-based navigation (PBN) procedures from takeoff to landing. The February 23 demonstration flight involved a LAN Airbus A320 flying from the tourist destination of Cusco, in southeastern Peru, to Lima’s Jorge Chavez International Airport.