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Which ICAO initiative promotes the implementation of Performance-Based Navigation (PBN) to enhance flight efficiency, reduce fuel burn, and lower aviation's environmental footprint?

  1. Global Air Navigation Plan
  2. No Country Left Behind
  3. Aviation System Block Upgrades
  4. Carbon Offsetting Scheme

Answer: Global Air Navigation Plan

GANP provides a 15-year rolling framework for modernizing global air navigation. PBN, a key component, allows aircraft to fly optimal trajectories using satellite-based navigation, reducing delays, emissions, and noise while increasing airspace capacity and safety.

Topic International Civil Aviation Organization
Exam Relevance UPSC, SSC