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The airline JetBlue Airways announced the receipt of its first plane A321LR from 13 requests, with the new Airbus Airspace interior.
These new A321LRs support the plan JetBlue to open its long-awaited services transatlantic, starting with direct flights to London later this year.
In addition to these 13 new Airbus A321LR, The airline also has others on order 57 Airbus aircraft comprising other variants of the A321neo, that will have Airspace cabins. By bringing Airspace to the single-aisle family, the A321 cabins of JetBlue will be the first to introduce Airbus' new award-winning cabin design language and passenger-friendly cabin features, which are consistent with Airbus' A330neo and A350 widebody aircraft.
Robin Hayes, CEO de JetBlue Airways Corp. said:
“JetBlue is looking forward to introducing the single-aisle Airbus A321 Long Range aircraft with Airbus’ Airspace interior for our new transatlantic services.. These aircraft will allow us to offer our clients attentive, boutique-style service., while ensuring ample personal space, larger top compartments, custom lighting and a design that gives the cabin a wide-body feel.”
Airspace
Airspace seats bring the following passenger-pleasing cabin enhancements to the A320 Family:
Unique welcome and customizable lighting (which helps reduce jet lag); new slimmer side panels for additional personal space at shoulder level; Better view through windows with its redesigned bezels and fully integrated window shades; the latest full LED lighting technologies; the largest upper compartment in its class; and new sinks with touchless hygiene features and antimicrobial surfaces.
In addition to these elements of space, The wide cross section of the A320 family cabin also allows JetBlue offer your passengers true long-haul comfort in all classes, with 24 Full-flat seats with adaptable mattress in the airline's Mint premium class private suites. while 114 Economy class passengers will appreciate the wider seats of 18.4 inches with a contoured backrest for additional knee room.
Most of these seats in Economy will offer a size of 32 inches, while four rows will be optimized for seating with “even more space”, offering around five extra inches for the most legroom in any transatlantic economy class seat.
JetBlue passengers on these A321LRs will also be able to stay connected throughout the flight with the airline's free, unlimited high-speed Wi-Fi. What's more, will have access to a careful selection of live television channels focused on news and sports, and an extensive library of seat-back entertainment, which will allow a “multi-screen” experience on board.
Seats will also feature easy-access in-seat power, with AC and USB-C ports to keep your handheld devices fully charged. In addition to offering a wide range of entertainment and connectivity options for each passenger, In-seat equipment on these planes will also allow the customer to control their food choices., allowing them to customize their own meal right on their seatback screen.
History between Airbus and JetBlue
The long-standing partnership between Airbus and JetBlue began in 1999 when JetBlue launched and took delivery of its first A320. Two years later, the airline placed an order for 48 additional Airbus aircraft. After years of extraordinary growth, JetBlue now operates a fleet of more than 200 A320 and A321 aircraft and has around others 70 requests, including more of these A321LR, as well as other variants of the A321neo, all of which will feature Airspace interiors.
What's more, The airline has also placed orders for the smallest member of the Airbus single-aisle family, the passenger plane A220, the first of which will soon enter service.
El A321LR
El A321LR, A320neo family member, offers fuel savings of 30 percent and a reduction of almost 50 percent in noise footprint compared to previous generations of aircraft. With an increased range of up to 4.000 nm (7.400 km), The A321LR is the incomparable long-range route “opener”, with true transatlantic capability and premium widebody comfort in a single-aisle aircraft cabin.
with this plane, in addition to opening the doors of Europe, The airline may also consider flying to more distant destinations from Fort Lauderdale to South America or also from New York, being able to reach Lima or even Santiago de Chile..
At the end of March 2021, the A320neo family had received more than 7.450 firm orders.
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This Airbus A321LR delivered to JetBlue (correcting my previous comment) was assembled in Hamburg.
Possibly this A321LR has been assembled in Mobile, Alabama. It is interesting to see how the transatlantic flights made by Boeing 757-200 Today the Airbus A321LR can do it like JetBlue did London; the future, IBERIA would operate from Madrid to Guayaquil with the Airbus A321XLR since currently with the A330-200 the occupancy percentage does not completely satisfy the airline.
What about Iberia is a comment or a reality? Because it seems to me that autonomy does not give.
Hi Nicolas, yes it is a reality. Remember that there are currently Airbus A321s, A321Neo and the A321LR. Currently, the first Airbus A321XLR is being built, which will have extra autonomy than the LR version. (Long Range). IBERIA has orders 8 Airbus A321XLR and I read on simpleflying.com that I would use it for Madrid-Guayaquil to make the operation more profitable.
A reality, but the autonomy I am sure is not enough for that flight.
It is true that the autonomy of the new Airbus A321XLR is about 8700 Kms from Madrid to Guayaquil direct is short but with a stop in Bogotá or another point IBERIA will decide it.
Will have to see, but I see it as difficult and out of Iberia's way of operating..