Air Baltic completes first in-house A220 C-check
Press Release from Air Baltic 5 November 2019 Riga. Latvian airline airBaltic has successfully completed its first scheduled C check on an Airbus A220-300 aircraft. Two months ago, airBaltic became the first airline entitled to provide a full scope of maintenance for Airbus A220-300 aircraft type. Andris Vaivads, SVP Technical Operations of airBaltic: “After carrying more than 400 000 passengers, our first Airbus A220-300, registered as YL-CSA, has […]
Report Says Another Plane Could Have Structural Issues
News provided by TravelPlus.com – link to full story ICH THOMASELLI NOVEMBER 03, 2019 As the airline industry – and passengers – ponder the fate of the Boeing 737 Max, a new report claims that another plane, used primarily by Delta Air Lines, might have issues. Inc. Magazine says problems are emerging on the Airbus […]
A220 operators told to limit engine thrust at high altitude
News provided by FlightGlobal.com – link to full story and updates 28 OCTOBER, 2019, SOURCE: FLIGHTGLOBAL.COM, BY: DAVID KAMINSKI-MORROW, LONDON Operators of Airbus A220s are facing operational limitations of the twinjet’s engines, following several serious incidents involving powerplant failure. Transport Canada has issued an emergency directive covering both the A220-100 and A220-300 models, which are […]
Czech Airlines emerges as A220 and A321XLR customer
News provided by FlightGlobal.com – link to full story 23 October 2019 By David Kaminski-Morrow, London, FlightGlobal.com Czech Airlines has emerged as an Airbus A220 customer, ordering four of the -300 variant as part of an agreement which includes converting A320neos to the long-range A321XLR. The flag-carrier had seven A320neos on order but last month […]
Air Austral signs a purchase agreement for three Airbus A220 aircraft
News provided by Aviation24.be – link to full story By André Orban – 14 October 2019 Air Austral, France’s Réunion Island-based airline, has signed a firm order for three A220 aircraft, Airbus’ newest family member. With this order, Air Austral becomes the first A220 customer based in the Indian Ocean region. Benefiting from a 20% reduction […]
Swiss Air grounds its A220 fleet following new engine incident this morning
News provided by Air Live – link to full story and updates By Melanie Kraft -October 15, 2019 Swiss is grounding its entire Airbus A220 fleet. An A220 aircraft from London to Geneva was diverted Tuesday morning on Paris following a new engine problem. These coming days will be complicated for Swiss and its passengers. The airline […]
Second Swiss A220 suffers similar engine rotor failure
News provided by FlightGlobal.com – link to full story and updates 20 September 2019 by David Kaminski-Morrow, London, FlightGlobal,com Investigators are probing another serious engine failure on a Swiss Airbus A220-300, less than two months after a previous similar incident involving a sister aircraft on the same route. The aircraft (HB-JCA) had been operating Geneva-London Heathrow on […]
First Airbus A220 delivered to Egyptair
News provided by Aviation24.be – link to full story ByAndré Orban – 6 September 20191134 EGYPTAIR has taken delivery of its first of 12 A220-300 aircraft on order, becoming the first A220 operator based in the Middle East and North African region, and the sixth operator worldwide. The Cairo-based airline intends to fly the aircraft on […]
Air Canada announces another disruptive route
News provided by AirInsight.com – link to full story and updates AirInsight.com – 28 August 2019 If there was any doubt as to the disruptive capabilities Air Canada has acquired then two route announcements should quell that. The A220 is going to disrupt US air traffic options going to Europe. Today the airline announced Montreal-Toulouse. Throw into this […]
First EgyptAir A220-300 makes maiden flight
News provided by Air101 – link to full story Wednesday, 28 August 2019 The first A220-300 for EgyptAir has successfully completed its inaugural test flight from the Mirabel assembly line. The first of 12 aircraft EgyptAir has on order is due to be delivered to the Cairo-based airline in the coming weeks. The A220 for […]