The Airbus A220: A Story Of Success and Future Growth
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Airbus Canada Delivers its 220th A220
12 July 2022 The A220 confirms its breakthrough on the small single-aisle market 60 millions passengers, more than 700 routes and over 760 orders in the backlog. Airbus celebrates this week the 220th A220 delivery six years after its entry into service. A fast growth that highlights the A220 breakthrough on the small single-aisle market. […]
Why the Qantas A220 will be a game-changer for passengers
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New Year Prospects: Air Canada’s Fleet In 2022
From Simple Flying – link to source story by Chris Loh | January 1, 2022 Continuing its slow recovery from the worst of the global health crisis, major Canadian airline Air Canada the growth of its fleet in 2021. Notably, this consisted of the addition of a number of Airbus A220-300s as well as several […]
How A220 programme proved sound investment for Airbus amid pandemic
From Flight Global – link to source story By David Kaminski-Morrow | 22 July 2021 One curious effect of the air transport crisis is that it has effectively pushed the sector back in time, leaving a fleet technologically shaped to address the 2020s facing levels of demand from the turn of the millennium. “This industry, in […]
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 […]
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, […]
The Airbus A220 Vs The Airbus A319neo – Which Is Better?
From Simple Flying – link to source story by Jake Hardiman | March 9, 2021 European manufacturer Airbus is currently placing a significant focus on its next-generation narrowbody airliners. It has found that the lower demand caused by the ongoing coronavirus pandemic has allowed the smaller A220 to emerge as an ideal aircraft for certain […]
Air Canada Registers Airbus A220 To Celebrate CEO’s Retirement
From Simple Flying – link to source story By Andrew Curran | February 18, 2021 Air Canada has given outgoing CEO Calin Rovinescu one last shout-out. The airline has registered their first Airbus A220-300 after him. The sparkling new A220 has the registration C-GROV, the ROV tag referring to Rovinescu. In addition, the former CEO’s […]
Air France’s Massive Airbus A220 Order – Here’s What You Need To Know
From Simple Flying – link to source story By Justin Hayward, Simple Flying | December 25, 2020 The A220 has proved popular with many airlines. As of September 2020, there have been 639 orders from at least 18 airlines. The largest order in Europe is from the Air France-KLM group, with Air France taking 60 […]