Airbus A220

Steadily expanding Greenville Spartanburg International Airport (GSP) has started hosting its first crossover jet services, increasing links from Upstate South Carolina.

The advent of increasing numbers of Airbus A220s in North America is changing traffic patterns on the continent, says John Evans, the CEO of lessor Azorra.

Air Canada plans a 50-50 split between international and North American routes when it scales up to 30 Airbus A321XLRs.

CEO Martin Gauss discusses the Riga-based airline’s increasing Airbus A220-300 maintenance demand and its Pratt & Whitney engine experience.

Montreal-based Avianor has signed what it describes as a “substantial long-term contract” to provide maintenance for Air Canada’s fleet of Airbus A220-300s.

Breeze has committed to grow its base at Rhode Island T.F. Green International Airport (PVD) to 35 destinations served by 2029, promising future Europe flights.

Breeze Airways is working on approvals for scheduled international flights as it continues its fleet transition from Embraer E-Jets to Airbus A220s.

Breeze Airways has reiterated interest in a larger, longer-range version of the Airbus A220-300 that would make its chosen fleet type even more flexible.

Canada-based M1 Composites will repair several proprietary parts for the narrowbody aircraft.

Air France is preparing to upgrade the cabins of the Embraer 190s operated by regional subsidiary HOP. The flag-carrier’s regional operation currently flies 21 E190s.

Croatia Airlines is one of the smaller European flag carriers—its fleet comprises an Airbus A320, five A319s and six De Havilland Canada Dash 8 Q400s.

The aircraft leasing industry rescued airlines during the pandemic. Now lessors are rewarded through high lease rates and fast-improving profits.

For decades, aircraft manufacturers have preferred derivatives over all-new aircraft. That approach appears to be ending.

While Virgin does not specify which aircraft types it is considering, they are believed to be Airbus A220-100s or Embraer E190-E2s, according to a VARA memo.

“We could easily double again to 400 or 500 aircraft type,” says Azorra President Ron Baur.

AirBaltic’s 2023 passenger numbers rose 36% to 6.9 million, resulting in the highest revenue and profit figures in the company’s 28-year history.

Ibom Air is building maintenance capability for its own fleet and to serve third-party customers.

Lufthansa has announced the first operational plans for its new affiliate City Airlines, a project highly contentious for its labor unions.

An array of technologies is being matured that could transform the design of airliner wings.

The request for 20 additional Airbus A220-300s is meant to fill the gap before its next batch of ordered A220s become available for delivery at the end of 2026.

U.S. LCC Breeze Airways has exercised options for 10 Airbus A220-300s and believes it will post a profit in 2024.

Nigerian domestic carrier Ibom Air is considering a follow-on order for Airbus A220s, as it begins to branch out into regional flights within Africa.

Croatia Airlines expects delivery of the first of its 15 new Airbus A220s in June, with the second to follow by year-end.

Reunion-based Air Austral confirmed the aircraft were out of action because of problems with their Pratt & Whitney PW1500G geared-turbofan engines.

The new owner of Animawings plans to invest in bringing Airbus A220s and A320neos into the Romanian leisure carrier's fleet over the next three years.