E loaʻa nā Indigo Partners a ʻekolu o kāna mau mokulele 50 i nā mokulele mamao lōʻihi, Airbus A321XLR hou. Loaʻa ka Memorandum of Understanding i nā kauoha hou no 32 A321XLRs a me ka hoʻololi ʻana o 18 i kauoha ʻia ʻohana A320neo.
ʻO Indigo Partners LLC, hoʻokumu ʻia ma Phoenix, ʻAlikona, kahi waihona waiwai ponoʻī e kia ana i nā hoʻopukapuka a puni ka honua i ka lawe ʻana i ka ea. He kuleana nui ko Indigo i loko o ʻehā mau mokulele haʻahaʻa, ʻo ia hoʻi ʻo Frontier Airlines (US), JetSMART (Chile), Volaris (Mexico) a me Wizz Air (Hungary). Hana nā mokulele ʻehā i kahi mokulele 295 Airbus i hui pū ʻia a, me nā hoʻohiki hou, he 636 ma ke kauoha.
E hāʻawi ʻia he iwakālua o nā A321XLR iā Wizz Air, 18 i Frontier, a me 12 iā JetSMART.
Ua hoʻolaha ʻo Airbus i ka hoʻolaha ʻana o ka A321XLR ma ka Hōʻike Hōʻikeʻike ʻ Parisiwi ʻo Paris. Loaʻa mai ka A321neo, ʻo ka A321XLR ka jetliner kalepa kū hoʻokahi loa o ka lōʻihi loa, hiki ke lele i nā ala lele a hiki i ka 4,700nm me ka pono o ka wahie e hiki ʻole ke pio. Me kahi laulā i loaʻa ma mua wale nō i nā mokulele ala-ʻelua, hiki i ka A321XLR ke hoʻohana i nā manawa kūpono me nā kumu kūʻai haʻahaʻa, hoʻemi i ka hopena o ka nohona, a hāʻawi i nā mea kaʻa i kahi huakaʻi huakaʻi maikaʻi.
