Heathrow will soon be able to measure and choose to prioritise the environmental performance of arriving flights through technology developed by air traffic service provider NATS. NATS has rolled out a suite of new environment performance-based features for the demand capacity balancer (DCB), which has been used in Heathrow since 2015. The DCB has thus-far allowed the airport to measure the impact of factors that influence on time performance, allowing for greater punctuality. The new suite will allow Heathrow to measure the efficiency of arriving aircraft and to identify the best daily operating plan to deliver the schedule, as well

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