Finnair will halt its flights to Tartu from April 29 to Might 31 to implement a non-GPS dependent strategy at Tartu Airport, following latest disruptions brought on by GPS interference.
Finnair will droop its day by day flights to Tartu, Estonia, from April 29 to Might 31, in order that another strategy resolution that doesn’t require a GPS sign might be put in place at Tartu Airport.
The strategy strategies at the moment used at Tartu Airport are based mostly on a GPS sign. GPS interference, which is kind of widespread within the space, impacts the usability of this strategy methodology and may due to this fact forestall the plane from approaching and touchdown. Final week, two Finnair flights needed to divert again to Helsinki after GPS interference prevented the strategy to Tartu.
Finnair suspends its flights to Tartu for one month, throughout which period the goal is to construct strategy strategies at Tartu Airport that allow a protected and clean operation of flights with out a GPS sign.
Clients who’ve booked flights between Helsinki and Tartu on 29.4.-31.5. will obtain a cancellation message from Finnair and might be given extra data of their choices by textual content message and/or e-mail.
Finnair is the one airline working worldwide flights to Tartu.
“We apologize for the inconvenience the suspension causes to our prospects. Flight security is all the time our high precedence, and because the strategy to Tartu at the moment requires a GPS sign, we can not fly there within the occasion of GPS interference,” says Jari Paajanen, Finnair’s Director of Operations.
“The methods on Finnair’s plane detect GPS interference, our pilots are properly conscious of the problem, and the plane produce other navigation methods that can be utilized when the GPS system is unserviceable,” Paajanen says. “Most airports use different strategy strategies, however some airports, akin to Tartu, solely use strategies that require a GPS sign to help them. The GPS interference in Tartu forces us to droop flights till different options have been established.”
GPS interference has elevated since 2022, and Finnair pilots have reported interference particularly close to Kaliningrad, the Black Sea, the Caspian Sea and the Jap Mediterranean. Sometimes, GPS interference doesn’t have an effect on flight routes or flight security, as pilots are properly conscious of it and plane have different methods in place which are used when the GPS sign is interfered with.
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