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Many of us know the Airbus A220 (previously known as the Bombardier C-Series) as a relatively small plane that did not have many orders and was not an ideal choice for airlines before Covid-19 but now, many of you may have been wondering why it has a very long order list now, during Covid-19. Well the answer is simple (kinda) but first we have to look at the early days of the A220.
The Airbus A220 a family of narrow-body, twin-engine, medium-range jet airliners. The airliner was designed by Bombardier Aerospace and was initially marketed as the Bombardier CSeries. The first-ever CS-100 (A220-100) took its maiden flight 16 September 2013 and entered service on 15 July 2016 with Swiss Global Air Lines. The feedback from Swiss about the plane was pretty good but for some reason, many airlines were not buying it. That reason was the very little amount of seats it had and such a high global demand for passengers back then. Bombardier was desperate for orders so they sold a bunch of CS-100's and CS-300's to Delta Airlines for a cheaper price per plane than the overall manufacturing cost and that was illegal. As soon as Boeing got to know, they were mad. After many discussions, Airbus bought the C-Series project and named it the A220 project. They sorted out all of the legal issues and as Airbus is a world-renowned aircraft manufacturer, a few more airlines started buying it but when Covid-19 struck, orders started booming!
Due to Covid-19, many airlines wanted a low cost, efficient, narrow-body jet with little seats, and the A220 was just an example of that. Airlines such as Air Canada, Air Baltic, and many more started ordering bunches of A220's! Now, the A220 is such a successful airframe!
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Written by: Sohail Sawlani
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