Ua kau inoa ʻo Azul i kahi kauoha paʻa no ʻekolu A330-900 e hiki ai iā ia ke hoʻonui hou aku i kāna pūnaewele puni honua a hoʻokō i kāna mau hana A330 e kū nei, e lawe ana i ka huina o nā mokulele A330neo o ka mokulele i ʻewalu.
"Ua hauʻoli mākou i ka loaʻa ʻana o ʻekolu mau mokulele Airbus widebody hou aʻe no nā makahiki e hiki mai ana. Hōʻoia hou kēia i ko mākou kūlana ma ke ʻano he mokulele me nā ʻauwaʻa hou loa ma ka ʻāina, me ka 70 pakeneka o ko mākou hiki ke hele mai mai nā mokulele ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi a me ke kaiapuni, "wahi a John Rodgerson, Luna Nui o Azul.
"Ke mahalo nei mākou i ka hoʻoholo a Azul e hōʻike ana i kā lākou hoʻolālā e nānā i mua a hōʻoia i ka hoʻokele waiwai a me ka hana o ka A330neo i mea ikaika loa. ʻO ka A330neo ka mea hana kūpono e kākoʻo ai iā Azul i ka hoʻonui ʻana i kāna mau ʻauwaʻa me ka nui kūpono, ākea ākea hou, e hoʻohana ana i ka ʻenehana hou a me ka maikaʻi a me ka hāʻawi ʻana i ka hōʻemi ʻana i ka CO2, "wahi a Christian Scherer, Luna Nui a me ke poʻo o Airbus International.
He lālā ka A330neo no ka ʻohana Widebody alakaʻi o Airbus e hāʻawi ana i nā kumukūʻai haʻahaʻa haʻahaʻa a me ka hoʻemi ʻana i ka wāwae kaiapuni ma o ka hoʻohui ʻana i nā ʻenehana i hoʻonui ʻia mai ka A350 me nā mīkini Rolls-Royce Trent 7000 maikaʻi loa. Hōʻike ʻia me ka Airspace cabin, hāʻawi ka A330neo i kahi ʻike kaʻa like ʻole a me ka maikaʻi o ka hana ma muli o kahi wahi hoʻokipa i hoʻolālā hou ʻia, hoʻomaikaʻi ʻia ke kukui o ke ʻano, ʻoi aku ka nui a me nā keʻena o luna hou a me nā hoʻolālā puka makani hou a me nā hoʻolālā holoi.
Ua hoʻomaka ʻo Azul Linhas Aereas i nā hana ma 2008 a ua ulu aʻe i ka lawelawe ma mua o 150 mau wahi i loko o Brazil, a lele lele ʻole i ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa, ʻEulopa a me ʻAmelika Hema. Ua loaʻa iā Azul ka A330neo mua o ʻAmelika i ka makahiki 2019 a hoʻohana i nā mokulele 12 A330 Family. I nā pule e hiki mai ana, e hoʻomaka ana ʻo Azul e hoʻohana i ʻehā A350-900 e hoʻonui hou i kāna ala ala a loaʻa ka pōmaikaʻi mai ka manaʻo maʻamau o Airbus.
Ma ʻAmelika Latina a me ka Caribbean, ua kūʻai aku ʻo Airbus ma luna o 1,150 mokulele a loaʻa iā ia ka backlog ma mua o 500, me ka ʻoi aku ma mua o 700 e hana ana ma ka ʻāina, e hōʻike ana ma kahi o 60 pakeneka mākeke o nā ʻauwaʻa lawelawe. Mai ka makahiki 1994, ua hoʻopaʻa ʻo Airbus ma kahi o 70 pakeneka o nā kauoha ʻupena ma ka ʻāina.
