The planes of the Aeroflot group of companies (which includes the national carrier itself, Rossiya and Pobeda) will land in a different way at Moscow’s Vnukovo and Sheremetyevo airports. The new shortened landing schemes have already been used since March 21 — the measure allows you to save up to five minutes of flight time, as well as up to 3 billion rubles per year on jet fuel. It is assumed that by the end of the year, fuel savings will amount to more than 18,600 tons for Aeroflot, 7,400 tons for Russia, and 5,600 tons for Pobeda.
What is the essence of the changes
Previous arrival routes prescribed pilots to occupy earlier altitudes at which hourly fuel consumption increases. The new routes imply a smoother, “stepless” descent, thanks to which the aircraft does not perform horizontal flight at low altitudes with increased fuel consumption.
The proposed scheme has long been known to pilots and controllers, but until now, straightening routes during landing was rarely resorted to, now this practice is “legalized”.
Earlier, in the summer of 2022, the authorities allowed airlines to straighten routes from Moscow to Sochi and back. Then the aircraft received the right to use part of the airspace in the south of Russia that was closed due to its own. This reduced the travel time by about half an hour. Currently, aircraft spend an average of 3 hours and 55 minutes flying between the capital and the AER airport.
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According to the materials of RBC, TASS.
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