Azul Linhas Aéreas Brasileiras (AD, São Paulo Viracopos) will add a first A330-200, cn 527, to its fleet shortly. The twinjet, formerly A9C-KG with Gulf Air (GF, Bahrain International), is currently in storage at Lake Charles Chennault in the United States, and is part of a lease agreement with the International Lease Finance Corporation (ILFC) entailing five Airbus A350-900s and three A330-200s.

The Brazilian LCC will deploy the aircraft on its maiden longhaul international flights to the United States later in the year.

With the recent completion of its merger with TRIP Linhas Aéreas (São Paulo Viracopos), Azul is now the largest operator of ATR - Avions de Transport Régional (EVX, Toulouse Blagnac) turboprops in the world with ten ATR42s and forty-eight ATR72s. It is also a prominent operator of Embraer (EMB, São José dos Campos U.E. Stumpf International) machinery employing twenty-two E190s and fifty-four E195s.