Take a look at the new A220 full size cabin display from Airbus…..
From Air101 – link to source story and video 28 May 2021 | Written by Jason Shaw One United Family This week, the Airspace Customer Showroom (ACS) situated in Toulouse, France unveiled its latest A220 full size mock-up, showcasing Airbus’ cabin expertise inside this unique customer showroom. “Today marks an important development in the ongoing career […]
Airbus welcomes first ACJ TwoTwenty section in Mirabel / Canada
Mirabel, 17 May 2021 – The first section of the recently launched ACJ TwoTwenty has arrived at the A220 Final Assembly Line (FAL) in Mirabel, Canada, in line with the planning. This mid-fuselage section arrival marks the start of the first Airbus corporate jet ever assembled in Canada. The ACJ TwoTwenty is the combination of a […]
AIRBALTIC’S 26TH A220-300 JET
From Travel Radar – link to source story By Claudia Mok | May 12, 2021 First out of seven of their planned deliveries, AirBaltic welcomed its 26th airbus A220-300 jet, registered as YL-AAZ in Riga on 2 May – with an aim to acquire a total of 32 by the end of 2021. This comes after […]
Air Canada Eyes The A321LR As More A220s Set To Be Delivered
From Simple Flying – link to source story by Jake Hardiman | May 7, 2021 While Air Canada does fly the Boeing 737 MAX series, most of its narrowbody aircraft belong to Airbus families. These include the five-abreast A220 series, of which the airline is set to receive a further 15 examples by the end […]
Details of Financial Support to Air Canada
From: Department of Finance Canada | 12 April 2021 Backgrounder The government’s financial support to Air Canada is being provided under the Large Employer Emergency Financing Facility (LEEFF). The Canada Enterprise Emergency Funding Corporation (CEEFC) has committed to provide $4 billion in repayable loans and an equity investment in Air Canada of $500 million in newly-issued Class […]
Air Canada and Government of Canada Conclude Agreements on Liquidity Program
Financial package makes available repayable loans and equity MONTREAL, April 12, 2021 /CNW/ – Air Canada announced today that it has entered into a series of debt and equity financing agreements with the Government of Canada, which will allow Air Canada to access up to $5.879 billion in liquidity through the Large Employer Emergency Financing Facility (LEEFF) program. “Air Canada entered the pandemic more than […]
FAA to require A220 wing-to-body fairing inspections
By Jon Hemmerdinger | 31 March 2021 US regulators are following Canada’s lead by proposing that Airbus A220 operators be required to inspect the type for potential cracks in wing-to-body fairing components. The Federal Aviation Administration has addressed the concern with a proposed airworthiness directive (AD) made public on 31 March. The proposal responds to “a […]
The A220-300’s growing popularity
From Air Insight – link to source story by Addison Schonland | Mar 24, 2021 Yesterday Airbus shared that the A220-300 has an increase in range from its current 3,350NM to 3,550NM. The former C Series continues to over-deliver just as Bombardier promised it would. This range bump is exclusive to the -300. Looking at key operators of this aircraft, […]
Air Baltic’s all-A220 fleet to help it ‘fly out’ of crisis: chief
From Flight Global – link to source story By Cirium | 24 March 2021 Air Baltic chief executive Martin Gauss has reaffirmed the carrier’s commitment to an IPO, and expressed confidence that its strategy to become an all-Airbus A220 operator makes it “well-positioned” to emerge from the Covid-19 crisis. The airline has also announced that it […]