LATAM renews its fleet and expects to finish 2023 with 31 A320neo family aircraft
With a commitment to be more efficient and sustainable, LATAM Airlines Group is moving forward with the renewal of its fleet, announcing that by the end of 2023 it will have 31 A320neo family aircraft in operation.
The additional purchase of Airbus aircraft will allow the group to have more than 100 A320neo, A321neo and A321XLR aircraft by the end of this decade. LATAM Group currently has 16 Airbus A320neo aircraft in operation and expects to take delivery of a further 15 Airbus aircraft this year, including the first A321neo in its fleet. The first A321XLR will be delivered in 2025.
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This will allow the LATAM group to replace its aircraft with more modern and efficient ones, increase its fleet and continue the recovery of its operation to pre-pandemic levels.
“The fleet renewal we are carrying out is fully aligned with our commitment to sustainability and brings us closer to the goal of becoming a carbon neutral group by 2050. The Airbus A320neo aircraft have more efficient engines, aerodynamic improvements and technologies that provide 20% lower fuel consumption, with a 50% reduction in nitrogen oxide emissions,” says Sebastián Acuto, Director of Fleet and Projects, LATAM Airlines Group.
The LATAM group currently has 311 aircraft, 57 Boeing passenger aircraft (767, 777 and 787 models) and 238 Airbus aircraft (A319, A320, A320neo and A321 models). In addition, LATAM Cargo Chile, LATAM Cargo Colombia and LATAM Cargo Brazil have a combined fleet of 16 freighter aircraft, which will gradually expand to 20 freighters by 2024.
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