Flight Management System (FMS) TrueCourse™
The Flight Mangagement System (FMS) is a hardware and software avionics system which assists the flight crew in managing and optimizing a single flight from takeoff to landing.
Environmental Benefit
A typical narrow-body plane utilizing GE’s Flight Management System TrueCourse™ 50 percent of the time would avoid the emission of over 280 metric tons of CO2 per year based on a representative study, equivalent to the annual CO2 emissions of over 50 cars on U.S. roads.
Operating Benefit
If a typical fleet of twenty-nine 737NG aircraft could fly GE’s Flight Management System TrueCourse™ 50 percent of the time, this would reduce annual fuel consumption by over 600,000 gallons based on a representative study, saving over $1.2 million per year at an average jet fuel price of $2.00/gallon.
