Commercial jets approaching Auckland from the north will trial using a third satellite-guided flight path from September 1 this year - in an attempt to reduce fuel use, exhaust emissions and noise and to spread air traffic over a wider area of the city.
Auckland Airport, Airways New Zealand and the Board of Airline Representatives New Zealand (BARNZ) announced today the details of the new satellite-guided SMART Approach trial flight path to Auckland Airport from the North.
Details of the trial come on the day that two permanent Smart approaches - subject of controversial previous trials in 2012 and 2013- come into use.
Those paths were chosen in December last year, after a public consultation process.
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