Green Is In!

[cancidas]

from FlightGlobal:

SAS completes Europe's first commercial transatlantic 'green approach'
By Aimée Turner

Scandinavian Airlines (SAS) has completed Europe's first ever commercial transatlantic "green approach", designed to reduce significantly the amount of fuel used during arrival and approach compared to standard procedures.

SAS Flight SK 904, an Airbus A330-300 carrying 260 passengers, landed at Stockholm Arlanda from New York Newark precisely at its 6.24am estimated time of arrival, following a successful Advanced Continuous Descent Approach (A-CDA) on 8 December.

The optimised landing approach, conducted with partners Stockholm Arlanda airport, Airbus and the Swedish civil aviation authority, employed the aircraft's flight management system (FMS) to fly the aircraft at idle thrust from top of descent through to the final stage of the approach.

more here:http://www.flightglobal.com/articles...-approach.html

[Matt Molnar]

That's pretty impressive. Is FAA's current tech even capable of this?