the airínea JetBlue Airways announcementó la receptionón of his first airplaneón A321LR from 13 requests, with the new Airbus Airspace interior.
These new A321LRs support the plan JetBlue to open its long-awaited services transatlánticos, starting with direct flights to London at the end of this toñO.
Además of these 13 new Airbus A321LR, the airínea tambiéNo others are on order 57 Airbus aircraft comprising other variants of the A321neo, to tellán with Airspace cabins. By bringing Airspace to the hallway family único, the A321 cabins of JetBlue to beán the first to present the new design languageñaward-winning cabin and characteríPleasant cabin aesthetics for Airbus passengers, which are consistent with Airbus' A330neo and A350 widebody aircraft.
Robin Hayes, CEO de JetBlue Airways Corp. said:
“At JetBlue we are eager to introduce the avión Airbus A321 Long Range de pasillo úunique with Airbus' Airspace interior for our new transatl servicesánticos. These planes will allow usán offer our clients attentive, boutique-style service, while ensuring ample personal space, upper compartments más large, illuminationón personalized and a designñor that gives the cabin a feelingón wide body.”
Airspace
Airspace seats bring the following passenger-pleasing cabin enhancements to the A320 Family:
Welcome úunique and illuminatingón customizable (which helps reduce jet lag); new side panels máslim s for extra personal space at shoulder level; best view throughés of the windows with their redesigned bezelsñados and fully integrated window shades; the úlatest technologyíthe lighting onesón full LED; the upper compartment más big in its class; and new washbasins with characteríhygi sticséunique non-contact and antimicrobial surfaces.
Además of these elements of space, he expands it drylyón transverse cabin of the A320 family alsoén allows JetBlue offer your passengers true long-haul comfort in all classes, with 24 completely flat seats with mattressón adaptable in the Aerol's premium Mint class private suitesínea. while 114 economy class passengersólittle appreciateán the seats más widths of 18.4 inches with a contoured backrest for additional knee room.
The biggestíof these seats in Economy offerán a sizeño de 32 inches, while four rows beán optimized for seats with “aún más space”, offering around five extra inches for the most legroom in any economy class seatósmall transatláancient.
JetBlue passengers on these A321LRs alsoécan'tán stay connected throughout your flight with the airline's free, unlimited high-speed Wi-Fiínea. Además, tenderán access to a carefully selectedónumber of television channelsón live news and sports focused, and an extensive library of seat-back entertainment, what to allowá an experience of “múMultiple screens” on board.
The seats tooén countán with powerón in the seat of fáeasy access, with AC and USB-C ports to keep your handheld devices fully charged. Además to offer a wide range of entertainment and connectivity options for every passenger, the equipment in the seat of these planes tooén allowá let the client control their food choices, allowéletting you personalize your own meal right on your seat back screen.
History between Airbus and JetBlue
La associationólong-standing dispute between Airbus and JetBlue beganó on 1999 when JetBlue launchedó and receivedó its first A320. two toñm axisáIt's afternoon, the airíI don't realize itó a request for 48 additional Airbus aircraft. Afterés from toñextraordinary growth, JetBlue now operates a fleet of más de 200 A320 and A321 aircraft and has around others 70 requests, including más of these A321LR, así like other A321neo variants, all of which countán with Airspace interiors.
Además, the airínea también has placed orders for member más smallñor hallway family úsingle from Airbus, the grandfatherónumber of passengers A220, the first of which will soon enterá in service.
El A321LR
El A321LR, A320neo family member, offers fuel savings of 30 percent and a reductionón of almost the 50 percent in noise footprint comparedón with previous generations of aircraft. With an increased range of up to 4.000 nm (7.400 km), the A321LR is the “opener” of incomparable long-range routes, with true transatl capacityácomfort and premium wide-body comfort in an airline cabinóhallway number único.
with this avión, a más to open the doors of Europe, the airínea podrá consider flying tooén to destinations más distant from Fort Lauderdale towards South América o también from New York, being able to reach Lima or even Santiago de Chile.
At the end of March 2021, A320neo family habíhas received más de 7.450 firm orders.
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..