AirAsia Confirms A220-300 Order, Urges -500 Development

AirAsia A220-300
Credit: Airbus
AirAsia has provided a major boost for the Airbus A220 program with an order for 150 aircraft, and the carrier has also expressed strong interest in the proposed larger -500 version. The deal follows a year of negotiations between AirAsia and Airbus. The competition for a smaller narrowbody was...
Adrian Schofield

Adrian is a senior air transport editor for Aviation Week, based in New Zealand. He covers commercial aviation in the Asia-Pacific region.

Jens Flottau

Based in Frankfurt, Germany, Jens is executive editor and leads Aviation Week Network’s global team of journalists covering commercial aviation.

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