Notable Demonstration Flights

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A key goal of AIRE has been to demonstrate reduced emissions and/or noise by utilizing a portfolio of best practices on demonstration flights. These environmentally-friendly procedures are divided into the three domains–Surface, Terminal, and Oceanic/En-route–to enable stakeholders to concentrate their expertise on specific areas. Demonstration areas include the following:

Surface

• Reduced-engine taxi
• Minimum delay for arrival/departure taxi to/from the gate
• Reduced use of Auxiliary Power Unit (APU)

Terminal

• Tailored arrivals (TAs)
• Optimized Profile Descent (OPD) & Continuous Descent Arrival (CDA)
• Continuous climb on departure
• Step Climb with wind calculations

En-route/Oceanic

• Lateral route optimization
• Longitudinal optimization (time, Mach number)
• Vertical optimization
• User-preferred routes

Gate-to-Gate Demonstration Flights

• Gate-to-Gate Demonstration flights are encouraged to use and demonstrate all applicable best practices.