JetBlue announced today (20/06) that it has ordered 13 A321XLR aircraft, from a conversion of previous orders from the company, but for the standard model A321neo.

The company pointed out that this aircraft will be key in its fleet, on flights to Europe from Boston and New York, in the USA.

In April 2019, JetBlue converted 13 A321neo aircraft from its order to the LR (long range) version, the company confirmed that this conversion was from A321neo (Standard) aircraft, and continues with 13 orders for the A321LR.

Previously, the company announced that its first transatlantic connections will be between New York and Boston, to London, scheduled to start in mid-2021. The company has not updated this forecast, something that would only be possible with the A321LR, since the A321XLR will only be delivered from 2023.

The company pointed out that it will equip its A321LR and A321XLR with two classes, with 16 seats in the “business”, called by the company as Mint. Four of these seats will be of the mini-suite type, providing greater privacy to the passenger.

JetBlue now operates 193 A320 and A321 aircraft, and has orders for 85 A321neo aircraft, 13 for the LR version and 13 for the XLR version, for the Standard version the company has 59 orders.

JetBlue has also ordered 60 A220-300s to replace the A320ceo.

The Airbus A321XLR

The A321XLR was launched by Airbus this week, and provides about 15% more flight range in the same configurations as the A321LR, and removes an annoying limitation of the previous version that did not allow flights from most western European countries to the east. from United States.

The new aircraft has a maximum range of approximately 8700 km when configured with 206 seats inside. In comparison, the A321LR has a maximum range of 7400km under the same conditions.