Qantas CEO: The A220 is a very good aircraft. Is it for Qantas?
As Airbus, paired with airBaltic, departed for a demonstration tour of the A220 around Asia-Pacific on October 27,…
Airbus A220
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Explore the Airbus A220, a series of narrow-body, twin-engine, medium-range jet airliners originally designed by Bombardier Aerospace.
Canadian authorities restrict A220 engine thrust after incidents
Transport Canada, the Canadian civil aviation authority, has issued an emergency airworthiness directive to reduce the engine thrust of…
Airbus takes A220 on promotion tour in Asia Pacific
Airbus has began an extensive tour of the Pacific region to showcase the A220. The move is more…
Korean Air to inspect A220 amid engine concerns
Korean Air announced that its fleet of ten Airbus A220s would undergo inspection as requested by U.S. engine…
Swiss grounds its A220 fleet after series of engine incidents
Swiss International Air Lines grounded all of its Airbus A220s after a new engine incident affected one of…
Airbus lands first A220 customer in Indian Ocean region
Air Austral became the first A220 customer in the Indian Ocean region, Airbus announced on October 14, 2019.…
Is the demand for Airbus A220 growing?
For some, the Airbus A220 has become the savior and the backbone of an airline’s fleet. When Airbus…
airBaltic receives 20 Airbus A220; completes initial order
airBaltic has received its 20th Airbus A220-300 jet, registered YL-AAT. The latest Airbus delivery completes the initial order…
Airbus suffers hangar incident in Mobile, Alabama plant
The plant, which Airbus opened in 2015 and is the site where the manufacturer builds two narrow-bodies, the…
BEA calls for witnesses into Swiss A220 engine loss incident
The French authority is calling for public help to find and identify Pratt & Whitney PW1524 engine parts…
Airbus latest figures: deliveries up, cancellations shadow orders
While the industry is still reeling from the half year 2019 results posted by the world’s two largest…
Airbus begins US-based production of A220, but is there a demand?
Airbus announced on August 5, 2019, that the first team of A220 production workforce have begun work at…
Air France-KLM to retire its last A380 by 2022
After months of uncertainty on the fate of the A380, Air France-KLM finally announced it would sell the…
Air France to place its biggest Airbus order in a decade
Air France should place an order for 50 to 70 Airbus A220 aircraft for its short and medium-haul…
Airbus to extend A220 family range
Three years after entering service, A220 Family aircraft (previously Bombardier C Series) will now be offering increased range…
Already 17th Airbus A220-300 reaches airBaltic
Latvian airline airBaltic received a new Airbus A220-300 on April 27, 2019. The aircraft, registration number YL-AAQ, it…
Delta’s long-anticipated A220 debut finally takes off
On February 7, 2019, Delta took its brand new A220-100 to the skies for the very first time.…
A220 gets milestone approval for longer flights
A major step forward in the ongoing operational development of the aircraft formally known as the Bombardier CSeries,…