Ua kau inoa ʻo Middle East Airlines (MEA), ka mea lawe hae o Lebanona, i kahi kauoha paʻa no ʻehā A321XLR, e hoʻolilo ana i ka mea kūʻai mokulele ʻo Airbus i ka ulu hou loa o ka ʻohana A321neo lanakila.
Lawe ʻia ka ʻaelike ma waena o nā kauoha ʻae kū hoʻokahi o ka Middle East Airlines me Airbus i 15 mokulele ʻohana A321neo, me 11 A321neos a me 4 A321XLR me nā hoʻouna e hoʻomaka ana i ka makahiki 2020. E hoʻohana ana ʻo MEA i ka A321XLR e hoʻoikaika i kāna pūnaewele ma ʻApelika a me ʻAsia.
ʻO ka A321XLR ke kaʻina hana hou aʻe mai ka A321LR e pane ana i nā pono mākeke no nā pae hou aʻe a me nā ukana, e hoʻonui ana i nā waiwai no nā mokulele. Mai ka 2023, e hāʻawi ia i kahi Xtra Long Range ma mua loa a hiki i ka 4,700nm - 15% ʻoi aku ma mua o ka A321LR a me ka 30% ʻoi aku ka wahie wahie no kēlā me kēia noho hoʻohālikelike ʻia me nā mokulele hoʻokūkū o ka hanauna i hala. Hāʻawi kēia i nā mea hana e wehe i nā ala ākea ākea e like me India i ʻEulopa a i ʻole Kina i Australia, a me ka hoʻonui ʻana i ka palena ʻole o ka ʻohana ma nā huakaʻi transatlantic pololei ma waena o ʻEulopa a me ʻAmelika. No nā mea mākaʻikaʻi, e hāʻawi ka A321XLR hale hou Airspace i ka ʻike huakaʻi ʻoi loa, ʻoiai e hāʻawi ana i nā noho i nā papa āpau me ka ʻoluʻolu kiʻekiʻe e like me ka lōʻihi o ke kino ākea, me nā kumukūʻai haʻahaʻa o kahi mokulele ʻaoʻao hoʻokahi.
ʻO ka A320neo a me nā derivatives nā ʻohana mokulele kū hoʻokahi a me ke kūʻai aku ma mua o 6,500 mau kauoha mai kekahi mau mea kūʻai aku he 100 mai kona hoʻoili ʻia ʻana i ka makahiki 2010. Ua paionia ia a ua hoʻohui ʻia i nā ʻenehana hou, me nā ʻenekini hanauna hou a me ka hoʻolālā hale kuhikuhi o ka ʻoihana. ke hāʻawi nei iā 20% wahie kumukūʻai no kēlā me kēia noho hoʻāhu. Hāʻawi pū ka A320neo i nā pono kaiāulu koʻikoʻi me ka aneane he 50% hōʻemi o ka leo walaʻau i ka hoʻohālikelike ʻia i nā mokulele o nā hanauna o mua.
He aha e lawe ʻia mai kēia ʻatikala:
- No ka poʻe kaʻa, e hāʻawi ka A321XLR hou Airspace cabin i ka ʻike huakaʻi maikaʻi loa, ʻoiai e hāʻawi ana i nā noho ma nā papa āpau me ka hōʻoluʻolu kiʻekiʻe e like me ke kino ākea lōʻihi, me nā kumukūʻai haʻahaʻa o kahi mokulele hoʻokahi.
- ʻO kēia ka mea e hiki ai i nā mea hoʻohana ke wehe i nā ala ākea hou e like me India i ʻEulopa a i Kina i Australia, a me ka hoʻonui hou ʻana i ka hiki ʻole o ka ʻohana ma nā mokulele transatlantic pololei ma waena o ʻEulopa a me ʻAmelika.
- From 2023, it will deliver an unprecedented Xtra Long Range of up to 4,700nm – 15% more than the A321LR and with 30% lower fuel burn per seat compared with previous generation competitor aircraft.
