Airbus A220

Airbus A220 (Bombardier CSeries)
The Airbus A220 is a family of five-abreast narrow-body airliners by Airbus Canada Limited Partnership. It was originally designed by Bombardier as the Bombardier CSeries. The program was launched on 13 July 2008, the smaller A220-100 (formerly CS100) made its maiden flight on 16 September 2013. In July 2018, the aircraft was rebranded as the A220 after Airbus acquired a 50.01% stake in the program through a joint venture established in 2016. In August 2019, a second final assembly line opened at Airbus Mobile in Alabama, supplementing the main facility in Mirabel, Quebec. Powered by Pratt & Whitney PW1500G geared turbofan engines under its wings, the twinjet features fly-by-wire flight controls, a carbon composite wing, an aluminium-lithium fuselage, optimised aerodynamics, and coverage of 6,390–6,670 km (3,450–3,600 nmi) range. Both launch operators recorded better-than-expected fuel burn, as well as positive feedback from passengers and crew. As of December 2022, the global A220 fleet had completed more than 680,000 flights over 1,100,000 block hours without accidents. As of February 2023, a total of 785 A220s had been ordered of which 251 had been delivered and were all in commercial service with 16 operators. Delta Air Lines is the largest operator with 59 aircraft in its fleet.