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The Brazilian airline Blue celebrated his anniversary 15 of operations, moment at which he announced the request for 7 Airbus A330neo additional for your fleet. Blue press photo
Exactly ago 15 years, Azul Linhas Aereas took off for the first time in Brazil. They were two flights that marked their debut in the national aeronautical sector and departed from Campinas, in São Paulo, in a three hour interval: one bound for Salvador and the other bound for Porto Alegre.
Anyone who followed the takeoff at that time could never have imagined what the company's fate would be or what routes they would follow after that day.. According to John Rodgerson, current general director of Blue, Not even the most optimistic executive could have predicted all the growth, the challenges or success that would mark the company's trajectory so far.
Blue celebrates 15 years with A330neo orders
Blue, in fact, took off, It never stopped and has many reasons to celebrate 15 years later. Now, with almost a thousand daily flights to 160 Destinations, 100 of which are operated exclusively by Blue on Brazil, The company is the largest in the country, in terms of number of flights and cities served. It is also the only Brazilian airline that won the title of most punctual in the world by Cirium, main global reference for operational data in the sector.
John makes it clear that, looking today at what Azul has become after fifteen years of history, predicting the future of the company becomes easier. After all, Growth plans and strategies must now maintain the level that the company has achieved as a reference in the sector, not only internally (for the crew), but also externally (for your investors, partners and clients).
Azul discloses a firm order for four additional A330-900s based on a purchase agreement signed in June 2023. with these planes, The airline will expand its fleet and offer of international routes.
In this way, The general director of Azul advances at least two predictions for 2024 and the following years. First, John believes that investment in new aircraft, more modern and diversified should increase and make the company's fleet even more efficient. From 2026, They will land in the company's hangars 7 new airbus aircraft A330neo, capable of operating long-haul flights with less fuel consumption and lower operating costs.
The A330neo It is the latest wide-body aircraft Airbus. Powered by Rolls-Royce Trent engines 7000 last generation, the A330-900 is capable of flying 7.200 nm/13,300 km unscaled. At the end of November 2023, the family A330 had accumulated more than 1.800 firm orders of more than 130 clients all over the world, making it the most popular widebody family in the world and dominating the short and medium range widebody market.
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