JetBlue thinks bigger planes as it considers longer flights

As it evaluates flying to Europe and deeper into South America, JetBlue is studying whether it should buy widebody aircraft or add a next-generation model of the single-aisle Airbus A321 it already flies, an airline executive said Monday. For JetBlue the most obvious choice is the A321LR, an aircraft Airbus expects will be available in 2019. JetBlue already has orders for a shorter-range model of A321, and its contract with Airbus allows it to switch to the long-range version. “We are very open to seeing all the options that are out there,” said David Clark, JetBlue’s VP for network planning. “We are certainly looking at widebodies. It’s less that we are looking at every widebody right now and more sort of [evaluating] widebodies in general versus the [A321LR]. We want to see which might be a better fit for us.” <br/>