Avionics
EBAA: New PBN Rule Improves Airport Capacity in Europe
New precision approaches in Europe are underpinned by the EGNOS satellite-based augmentation system.

The European Business Aviation Association (EBAA) welcomed the European Commission’s new performance-based navigation implementing rule (PBN-IR), which outlines airspace usage requirements and operating procedures concerning performance-based navigation. Thus, the rule improves European airport capacity and safety by adding all-weather access at secondary and tertiary airfields.