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December 24th, 2011
First EGNOS-based Operational Landing in the Channel Islands

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For the first time in Europe a commercial scheduled airline is using an EGNOS based LPV procedure for landing. From December 21, the Trislander aircraft operated by Aurigny Air Services, a regional airline operating connection flights between the Channel Islands and the UK and France can use EGNOS when approaching the runways. This is possible after the publication past December 7 of two EGNOS based LPV approach procedures (RNAV GNSS approach to LPV minima) at Alderney Airport (EGJA), the only airport on the island of Alderney in the Bailiwick of Guernsey, a British Crown dependency in the Channel Islands. Read More