AirAsia announced it will be installing an innovative aircraft software modification known as Descent Profile Optimiser (DPO) on its A320ceo aircraft commencing from June in conjunction with the World Environment Day. This upgrade will help to generate fuel savings and significantly reduce carbon dioxide (CO₂) emissions. The enhancement to the aircraft’s onboard Flight Management System (FMS) performance database allows the aircraft to optimise the descent phase of the flight which subsequently minimises the amount of time spent at an inefficient level off.
The new initiative is set to reduce fuel consumption and improve the fuel efficiency by up to 0.75 percent of fuel burn which is equivalent to saving 101 kgs of CO₂ emissions per flight. This could reduce CO₂ emissions by over 221 tonnes per aircraft per year, representing a considerable contribution to more sustainable Flight Operations. Once installed initially on 17 aircraft, it would save 3,764 tonnes of CO₂ per…
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