{"id":116428,"date":"2021-09-22T20:00:00","date_gmt":"2021-09-22T20:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/?p=116428"},"modified":"2021-09-22T23:07:21","modified_gmt":"2021-09-22T23:07:21","slug":"latam-will-upgrade-its-a320-aircraft","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/aviacionaldia.com\/en\/2021\/09\/latam-will-upgrade-its-a320-aircraft.html","title":{"rendered":"LATAM will upgrade its A320 aircraft with &#8220;Descent Profile Optimisation&#8221; function."},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>LATAM Airlines<\/strong> is to upgrade their A320 Family fleet with Airbus\u2019 \u201cDescent Profile Optimisation\u201d (DPO) function \u2013 a fuel-saving enhancement to the aircraft\u2019s on-board Flight Management System (FMS) performance database. This upgrade will be performed on over 200 of their A320 family fleet, becoming the biggest Airbus fleet equipped with this powerful fuel saving solution.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><em>See also: <\/em><\/strong><a href=\"https:\/en\/2021\/09\/latam-group-receives-financing-offers-and-plans-to-recover-profitability.html\"><em>LATAM Group receives financing offers and plans to recover profitability.<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>All the equipment kits required for the installation of the DPO performance software on LATAM\u2019s A320 Family fleet will start to be delivered from the end of 2021 until early 2022.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The DPO function allows aircraft to descend from cruise altitude using only idle engine thrust, which reduces fuel consumption, bringing proportional CO2 and NOx (nitrogen oxide emissions) reductions. To further enhance the fuel reduction DPO maximises the time spent at efficient cruise level -by not starting the descent too early- and subsequently minimising the amount of time spent at an inefficient \u2018level-off\u2019 stage at the bottom of the descent \u2013when the aircraft\u2019s engines generate thrust to maintain level flight in dense air prior to final landing approach.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><em>See also: <\/em><\/strong><a href=\"https:\/en\/2021\/09\/azores-airlines-record-longest-flight-airbus-a321.html\"><em>Azores Airlines breaks record for longest flight made with an Airbus A321.<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Optimisation of the aircraft\u2019s flight trajectory is one of the key factors to further improve efficiency in cooperation with Air Traffic Control. By optimising the descent trajectories of its aircraft and reducing the fuel flow to the engines -arising from the lowest \u2018idle\u2019 thrust setting during the descent phase- thanks to the DPO function, LATAM Airlines will generate over 100 tons fuel savings per year per aircraft across their network, including constrained airports like Lima, Santiago and S\u00e3o Paulo. This will reduce CO2 emissions by over 300 tons per year per aircraft, representing a significant contribution to more sustainable flight operations with 60,000 tons of CO2 each year for the entire LATAM Airlines\u2019 A320 Family fleet.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>DPO is one of the several flight operations optimisation solutions offered by Airbus and its flight operations services subsidiary Navblue. Together with improved Air Traffic Management, these fuel savings solutions enable operators to start aviation decarbonisation now.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Photo: Rafael Luiz Canossa\/<a href=\"https:\/\/es.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Archivo:Airbus_A320_(LATAM_Brasil)_Rafael_Luiz_(31289852904).jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Wikipedia<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Related Topics<\/h2>\n\n\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wp-block-uagb-post-grid uagb-post-grid  uagb-post__image-position-top uagb-post__image-enabled uagb-block-0a2dd1db     uagb-post__items uagb-post__columns-2 is-grid uagb-post__columns-tablet-2 uagb-post__columns-mobile-1 uagb-post__equal-height\" data-total=\"467\" style=\"\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<article class=\"uagb-post__inner-wrap\">\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class='uagb-post__image'>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/aviacionaldia.com\/en\/2026\/04\/etihad-airways-bolsters-u-s-network-chicago-reaches-double-daily-frequency-and-charlotte-scales-to-daily-service.html\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"bookmark noopener noreferrer\" class='uagb-image-ratio-inherit'><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"400\" src=\"https:\/\/aviacionaldia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Etihad-Airways-B787.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/aviacionaldia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Etihad-Airways-B787.jpg 800w, https:\/\/aviacionaldia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Etihad-Airways-B787-300x150.jpg 300w, https:\/\/aviacionaldia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Etihad-Airways-B787-768x384.jpg 768w, https:\/\/aviacionaldia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Etihad-Airways-B787-380x190.jpg 380w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"uagb-post__title uagb-post__text\">\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/aviacionaldia.com\/en\/2026\/04\/etihad-airways-bolsters-u-s-network-chicago-reaches-double-daily-frequency-and-charlotte-scales-to-daily-service.html\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"bookmark noopener noreferrer\">Etihad Airways Bolsters U.S. Network: Chicago Reaches Double-Daily Frequency and Charlotte Scales to Daily Service<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class='uagb-post__text uagb-post-grid-byline'>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"uagb-post__text uagb-post__cta wp-block-button\">\n\t\t\t\t<a class=\"wp-block-button__link uagb-text-link\" style=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/aviacionaldia.com\/en\/2026\/04\/etihad-airways-bolsters-u-s-network-chicago-reaches-double-daily-frequency-and-charlotte-scales-to-daily-service.html\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"bookmark noopener noreferrer\">Read More<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/article>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<article class=\"uagb-post__inner-wrap\">\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class='uagb-post__image'>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/aviacionaldia.com\/en\/2026\/04\/ntsb-runway-safety-system-failure-preceded-fatal-collision-between-air-canada-express-aircraft-and-fire-truck.html\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"bookmark noopener noreferrer\" class='uagb-image-ratio-inherit'><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"400\" src=\"https:\/\/aviacionaldia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Accidente-de-avion-de-Air-Canada-Express-en-LaGuardia.webp\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/aviacionaldia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Accidente-de-avion-de-Air-Canada-Express-en-LaGuardia.webp 800w, https:\/\/aviacionaldia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Accidente-de-avion-de-Air-Canada-Express-en-LaGuardia-300x150.webp 300w, https:\/\/aviacionaldia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Accidente-de-avion-de-Air-Canada-Express-en-LaGuardia-768x384.webp 768w, https:\/\/aviacionaldia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Accidente-de-avion-de-Air-Canada-Express-en-LaGuardia-380x190.webp 380w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"uagb-post__title uagb-post__text\">\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/aviacionaldia.com\/en\/2026\/04\/ntsb-runway-safety-system-failure-preceded-fatal-collision-between-air-canada-express-aircraft-and-fire-truck.html\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"bookmark noopener noreferrer\">NTSB: Runway Safety System Failure Preceded Fatal Collision Between Air Canada Express Aircraft and Fire Truck<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class='uagb-post__text uagb-post-grid-byline'>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"uagb-post__text uagb-post__cta wp-block-button\">\n\t\t\t\t<a class=\"wp-block-button__link uagb-text-link\" style=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/aviacionaldia.com\/en\/2026\/04\/ntsb-runway-safety-system-failure-preceded-fatal-collision-between-air-canada-express-aircraft-and-fire-truck.html\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"bookmark noopener noreferrer\">Read More<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/article>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<article class=\"uagb-post__inner-wrap\">\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class='uagb-post__image'>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/aviacionaldia.com\/en\/2026\/04\/american-and-alaska-airlines-explore-strategic-revenue-sharing-alliance-to-expand-global-reach.html\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"bookmark noopener noreferrer\" class='uagb-image-ratio-inherit'><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"400\" src=\"https:\/\/aviacionaldia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/America-Airlines-Alaska-Airlines.webp\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/aviacionaldia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/America-Airlines-Alaska-Airlines.webp 800w, https:\/\/aviacionaldia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/America-Airlines-Alaska-Airlines-300x150.webp 300w, https:\/\/aviacionaldia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/America-Airlines-Alaska-Airlines-768x384.webp 768w, https:\/\/aviacionaldia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/America-Airlines-Alaska-Airlines-380x190.webp 380w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"uagb-post__title uagb-post__text\">\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/aviacionaldia.com\/en\/2026\/04\/american-and-alaska-airlines-explore-strategic-revenue-sharing-alliance-to-expand-global-reach.html\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"bookmark noopener noreferrer\">American and Alaska Airlines Explore Strategic Revenue-Sharing Alliance to Expand Global Reach<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class='uagb-post__text uagb-post-grid-byline'>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"uagb-post__text uagb-post__cta wp-block-button\">\n\t\t\t\t<a class=\"wp-block-button__link uagb-text-link\" style=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/aviacionaldia.com\/en\/2026\/04\/american-and-alaska-airlines-explore-strategic-revenue-sharing-alliance-to-expand-global-reach.html\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"bookmark noopener noreferrer\">Read More<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/article>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<article class=\"uagb-post__inner-wrap\">\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class='uagb-post__image'>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/aviacionaldia.com\/en\/2026\/04\/american-airlines-unveils-new-passenger-experience-at-new-york-jfk-terminal-8.html\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"bookmark noopener noreferrer\" class='uagb-image-ratio-inherit'><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"400\" src=\"https:\/\/aviacionaldia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Aeropuerto-JFK-Terminal-8.webp\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/aviacionaldia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Aeropuerto-JFK-Terminal-8.webp 800w, https:\/\/aviacionaldia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Aeropuerto-JFK-Terminal-8-300x150.webp 300w, https:\/\/aviacionaldia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Aeropuerto-JFK-Terminal-8-768x384.webp 768w, https:\/\/aviacionaldia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Aeropuerto-JFK-Terminal-8-380x190.webp 380w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"uagb-post__title uagb-post__text\">\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/aviacionaldia.com\/en\/2026\/04\/american-airlines-unveils-new-passenger-experience-at-new-york-jfk-terminal-8.html\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"bookmark noopener noreferrer\">American Airlines Unveils New Passenger Experience at New York-JFK Terminal 8<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class='uagb-post__text uagb-post-grid-byline'>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"uagb-post__text uagb-post__cta wp-block-button\">\n\t\t\t\t<a class=\"wp-block-button__link uagb-text-link\" style=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/aviacionaldia.com\/en\/2026\/04\/american-airlines-unveils-new-passenger-experience-at-new-york-jfk-terminal-8.html\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"bookmark noopener noreferrer\">Read More<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/article>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"LATAM Airlines is to upgrade their A320 Family fleet with Airbus\u2019 \u201cDescent Profile Optimisation\u201d (DPO) function \u2013 a&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":4316,"featured_media":116400,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_uag_custom_page_level_css":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[217,222,230,199],"class_list":{"0":"post-116428","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-airlines","8":"tag-airbus-2","9":"tag-aircraft","10":"tag-airline","11":"tag-latam-airlines-2"},"uagb_featured_image_src":{"full":["https:\/\/aviacionaldia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Latam-A320.jpg",800,400,false],"thumbnail":["https:\/\/aviacionaldia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Latam-A320-150x150.jpg",150,150,true],"medium":["https:\/\/aviacionaldia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Latam-A320-300x150.jpg",300,150,true],"medium_large":["https:\/\/aviacionaldia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Latam-A320-768x384.jpg",768,384,true],"large":["https:\/\/aviacionaldia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Latam-A320.jpg",800,400,false],"1536x1536":["https:\/\/aviacionaldia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Latam-A320.jpg",800,400,false],"2048x2048":["https:\/\/aviacionaldia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Latam-A320.jpg",800,400,false],"pk-small":["https:\/\/aviacionaldia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Latam-A320.jpg",80,40,false],"pk-thumbnail":["https:\/\/aviacionaldia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Latam-A320.jpg",300,150,false],"csco-small":["https:\/\/aviacionaldia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Latam-A320-80x80.jpg",80,80,true],"csco-intermediate":["https:\/\/aviacionaldia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Latam-A320-200x140.jpg",200,140,true],"csco-thumbnail":["https:\/\/aviacionaldia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Latam-A320-380x220.jpg",380,220,true],"csco-thumbnail-alternative":["https:\/\/aviacionaldia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Latam-A320-300x180.jpg",300,180,true],"csco-thumbnail-uncropped":["https:\/\/aviacionaldia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Latam-A320-380x190.jpg",380,190,true],"csco-medium":["https:\/\/aviacionaldia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Latam-A320.jpg",800,400,false],"csco-medium-alternative":["https:\/\/aviacionaldia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Latam-A320-560x336.jpg",560,336,true],"csco-medium-uncropped":["https:\/\/aviacionaldia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Latam-A320.jpg",800,400,false],"csco-large":["https:\/\/aviacionaldia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Latam-A320.jpg",800,400,false],"csco-large-uncropped":["https:\/\/aviacionaldia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Latam-A320.jpg",800,400,false],"csco-extra-large":["https:\/\/aviacionaldia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Latam-A320.jpg",800,400,false]},"uagb_author_info":{"display_name":"Redacci\u00f3n - Aviaci\u00f3n al D\u00eda","author_link":"https:\/\/aviacionaldia.com\/en\/author\/aad"},"uagb_comment_info":0,"uagb_excerpt":"LATAM Airlines is to upgrade their A320 Family fleet with Airbus\u2019 \u201cDescent Profile Optimisation\u201d (DPO) function \u2013 a&hellip;","amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/aviacionaldia.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/116428","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/aviacionaldia.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/aviacionaldia.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aviacionaldia.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4316"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aviacionaldia.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=116428"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/aviacionaldia.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/116428\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":116429,"href":"https:\/\/aviacionaldia.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/116428\/revisions\/116429"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aviacionaldia.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/116400"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/aviacionaldia.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=116428"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aviacionaldia.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=116428"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aviacionaldia.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=116428"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}