Ua lawe ʻo Azores Airlines, ka mokuahi ʻo Azores i ka lawe ʻana i kāna mea mua o ʻekolu Airbus E hoʻolimalima ʻia nā A321LR mai ka Air Lease Corporation, e lilo ana i mea hoʻokele hou loa o ka mokulele hoʻokahi ala lōʻihi.
Hoʻohana ʻia e nā ʻenekini CFM LEAP-1A, ka Azores Aia nā mokulele 'A321LR i nā noho 190 i loko o kahi hoʻonohonoho papa ʻelua (16 mau noho papa ʻoihana a me nā noho 174 ma Economy) e hāʻawi ana i ka hōʻoluʻolu o ke kino ākea nui i loko o kahi pahu mokulele a me nā koina hana hoʻokahi. Me kēia A321LR hou, e hoʻomau ka mea hoʻokele Pukiki i kāna hoʻolālā o ka ulu ʻana a me ka hoʻonui ʻana i ka pūnaewele i nā wahi ʻEulopa a me nā ala transatlantic ma waena o Azores a me ʻAmelika ʻĀkau.
ʻO ka A321LR kahi mana ʻo Long Range (LR) o ka ʻohana A320neo kūʻai maikaʻi loa a hāʻawi i nā mokulele me ka maʻalahi e lele i nā hana lōʻihi a hiki i 4,000nm (7,400km) a komo i nā mākeke mamao lōʻihi, ʻaʻole ia hiki ke kiʻi ʻia me nā mokulele ala hoʻokahi.
E hui pū ka A321LR i ka mokulele ʻo Azores Airlines 'Airbus o ʻelima mau mokulele aisle e komo ana i ʻekolu A320ceo, ʻelua A321neo i ka lawelawe mai ka makahiki i hala. Hāʻawi kēia lālā hou o ka ʻauwaʻa iā Azores Airlines me ka maʻalahi o ka hana ʻana i ka wā e hoʻohana ana i ka maʻamau o nā mokulele.
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 nā mea kūʻai aku ma mua o 100. Ua paionia a hoʻohui ʻia i nā ʻenehana hou, me nā ʻenekini hanauna hou a me ka hoʻolālā kāpena kuhikuhi o ka ʻoihana, e hāʻawi ana i 20% wahie kumukūʻai no kēlā me kēia noho mālama wale nō. Hāʻawi pū ka A320neo i nā pono kaiāulu koʻikoʻi me ka aneane he 50% hōʻemi o ka walaʻau walaʻau ke hoʻohālikelike ʻia i nā mokulele o nā hanauna o mua.
