Ua kau ʻo Delta Air Lines ma Atlanta i kahi kauoha hoʻonui no 30 mau mokulele A321ceo. Ke hahai nei kēia kauoha i ʻekolu mau kauoha Delta ma mua no ka mana koho o kēia manawa o ka lālā ʻohana Airbus A320 nui loa. Ua lawe ka mokulele i kāna A321 mua i Malaki o ka makahiki i hala. Ua kauoha ʻo Delta i kēia manawa he 112 A321s, kēlā me kēia mana e nā mīkini CFM56 mai CFM International.

"ʻO ka hōʻoluʻolu o ka A321, ka hana a me ka hoʻokele waiwai e lilo ia i mokulele koʻikoʻi loa no Delta ma kā mākou pūnaewele alahele kūloko," wahi a Gil West, ka Hope Pelekikena Nui a me ka Luna Hoʻokele Nui o Delta. "Makemake mākou i kā mākou hui lōʻihi me Airbus a ke kakali nei mākou i ka lawe ʻana i nā mokulele A321 hou no ka pono o kā mākou mea kūʻai, limahana a me nā mea kuleana."

"ʻO ka koho o ka hilinaʻi o Delta i ka A321ceo - e lawe ana i ka mokulele i kēia manawa ma mua o 100 o ke ʻano ma ke kauoha - e hōʻike ana i ka hoʻopiʻi ʻana o ka mea hoʻokele, ka mea hoʻokele a me ka mea hoʻopukapuka kālā o kēia mokulele," wahi a John Leahy, Luna Hoʻokele Nui - Nā mea kūʻai aku no Airbus Commercial Aircraft. . "Hāʻawi maoli ka ʻohana A320 i ka hōʻoluʻolu maikaʻi ʻole, ka hoʻokele waiwai a me ka hilinaʻi no nā mokulele e like me Delta e nānā pono ana i ka mea a kā lākou mea kūʻai aku e makemake ai."

E hōʻike ana nā A321 o Delta a pau i nā Sharklets mālama wahie – nā mea ʻēheu composite māmā e hāʻawi ana a hiki i ka 4 pākēneka o ka mālama ʻana i ka wahie. Hāʻawi kēia pōmaikaʻi kaiapuni i nā mokulele i ke koho e hoʻonui i ko lākou ākea a hiki i 100 nautical mile/185 kilomita a i ʻole e hoʻonui i ka nui o ka uku ma kahi 1000 paona/450 kilokani.

Hāʻawi ʻia ka nui o nā A321 a Delta mai ka Airbus US Manufacturing Facility ma Mobile, Alabama. Ua loaʻa ka mokulele i kāna A321 i hana mua ʻia i ka makahiki i hala. Ma ka hopena o 2017, manaʻo ʻia ka hale Airbus ma Mobile e hana i ʻehā mau mokulele i kēlā me kēia mahina, ʻo ka hapa nui e hele ana i nā mea kūʻai aku ʻo Airbus 'US.

Ma ka hopena o ʻApelila, lele ʻo Delta i nā ʻauwaʻa o 187 Airbus mokulele, me 145 A320 ʻohana lālā a me 42 A330 ākea.

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“Delta's vote of confidence in the A321ceo – which takes the airline now to more than 100 of the type on order – demonstrates the passenger, operator and investor appeal of this aircraft,” said John Leahy, Chief Operating Officer – Customers for Airbus Commercial Aircraft.
By the end of 2017, the Airbus facility in Mobile is expected to produce four aircraft per month, most going to Airbus' US customers.
Ma ka hopena o ʻApelila, lele ʻo Delta i nā ʻauwaʻa o 187 Airbus mokulele, me 145 A320 ʻohana lālā a me 42 A330 ākea.