Many of Delta’s A321s are expected to be assembled at
the brand-new Airbus assembly line in Mobile, Alabama,
currently under construction and scheduled to deliver
its first aircraft in 2016. The facility represents a
$600 million dollar investment in the Gulf Coast region,
and will provide 1,000 new jobs in that community.
Delta’s A321s will seat 190 people in two classes. The
A321 is the largest member of the A320 Family – the
world’s best-selling and most modern single-aisle
aircraft Family. To date, over 9,800 A320 family
aircraft have been ordered and more than 5,600 delivered
to nearly 390 customers and operators. With proven
reliability and extended servicing periods, the A320
Family has the lowest operating costs of any
single-aisle aircraft.
Delta has selected the 242-metric-ton version of the
A330-300 to grow its widebody fleet. This new
enhancement to the aircraft type benefits from up to 500
nautical miles of extra range, with the ability to carry
nearly five metric tons more payload than the previous
235-metric-ton A330-300. About 1.2 billion passengers
around the world have enjoyed travelling on board the
light, bright and spacious A330 cabin to and from the
300 airports it serves today. Delta’s A330-300s will
seat 293 passengers in two classes. More than 1,250
A330s have been ordered to date.
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