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On 29 November 2019, the 100th A220, an A220-300, was delivered to the type launch operator, airBaltic. At that time the airline operated the longest flight by an A220 – a 6.5-hour flight from Riga to Abu Dhabi. [219] That year, airBaltic became the first airline capable of providing a full scope of maintenance for the A220-300. [220]
Delta operates the world's largest fleets of the Airbus A220, Boeing 717, and Boeing 757, the largest passenger fleet of the Boeing 767, and the largest Airbus A330 fleet of any US airline. Delta has historically preferred purchasing or leasing used aircraft or using older-generation models to keep initial acquisition costs down.
With a passenger seat capacity between the Comac ARJ21 regional jet and the Comac C919 narrow-body, the Airbus A220 could become an attractive option for the Chinese aviation market. [45] At the Dubai Air Show in November 2021, the first major air show since the COVID-19 pandemic began, ALC and Ibom Air ordered 25 and 10 A220s, respectively. [46]
Passengers will fly in an A220-300, which has airplane windows that are larger than usual. The flight will take off at 12:15 p.m. CT and land in Detroit just over four hours later.
As of January 2025, there are 392 A220 family aircraft in commercial service with 24, including 1 undisclosed operator. The five largest A220 operators are Delta Air Lines (74), airBaltic (49), JetBlue (44), Air France (41) and Breeze Airways (35).
Delta Air Lines flight 0958, from Atlanta to Melbourne, Fla., prepares to depart with only a handful of passengers on board, on March 21, 2020. (Getty Images) (Joel Carillet via Getty Images)
Embry–Riddle Aeronautical University defines the regional jet as up to 100 seats in capacity. [3] This is also the limit capacity for two flight attendants in both the US and Europe. [4] [5] FlightGlobal sort the 66- to 146-seat Embraer E-Jet/E2 as a regional aircraft, [6] but the 116- to 141-seat Airbus A220 (ex Bombardier CSeries) as a ...
The A220 is a narrow-body passenger jet that seats between 100 and 150 passengers, whereas the A320 variants carry around 200 passengers. Global Times reported that Airbus was "seeking to further ...