09 - Air Transport System Efficiency
ALGORITHMS AND SYSTEM FOR CURVED AND CONTINUOUS DESCENT TRAJECTORIES IMPROVING FUEL EFFICIENCY IN TMA
A. Errico¹, V. Di Vito¹; ¹CIRA – Italian Aerospace Research Center, Italy
This paper focuses on the development of curved and continuous descent trajectories generation algorithms, by remodeling arrival procedures in TMA, leading to up 30-40% of fuel saving. A dedicated aircraft trajectory simulator, based on 3DoF aircraft point-mass model, has been implemented for trajectories generation and fuel consumption assessment for small-scale experiments for Italian airports.