Nepal to implement new flight plan from Nov 12
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Nepal
to implement new flight plan from Nov 12
KATHMANDU, NOV 01 -
Nepal is scheduled to
implement the revised flight plan 2012 for all international airlines from Nov 12,
three days before the global deadline set by the International Civil Aviation
Organization (ICAO) to replace the old format flight plan.
Mandatory amendments to
the flight plan content were announced by ICAO in 2008 for
worldwide implementation by Nov 15. According to the Civil Aviation Authority
of Nepal (CAAN), the updated flight plan format meets the needs of aircraft with advanced
capabilities and the evolving requirements of automated air traffic management
systems.
Flight plan means a plan
that describes a proposed flight . It involves three major aspects -- safety, security
and efficiency. The plan includes fuel calculation to ensure that the aircraft
can reach its destination safely and compliance with air traffic control
requirements to minimize the risk of mid-air collision.
In addition, flight planners normally wish to minimize flight cost by appropriate choice of route, height and speed,
and by loading the minimum necessary fuel on board. All this message and
information should be dispatched by the airport and the airlines authority to
all origin, en-route and final destinations 24 hours prior to the flight progresses that is displayed for controller reference.
“The new changes will
enable airlines to file their flight plan 120 hours in advance and make the airline and
airport schedules more planned and easier,” said Hans Raj Pandey, chief of
communications navigation and surveillance (CNS) at CAAN.
According to Pandey,
ICAO had informed aviation authorities worldwide in 2008 so that they could
gradually replace their old format ICAO flight plans without hassles as changes in the plan have a
major impact on all air navigation service providers and aircraft operators,
among others. The ICAO Asia Pacific regional office has decided to implement
the new plan from Nov 12 in the entire region. Nepal has been conducting tests
on the new plan since July 1. CAAN said it had improved the aeronautical fixed
telecommunication network (AFTN) and computer system including others systems
for the plan. Nepal’s flight message and information is disseminated or communicated
worldwide through the AFTN of India and China.
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