Stretched Airbus A220 Draws Interest From Air Canada, Azorra

Jens Flottau March 13, 2026

The A220-300 seats up to a maximum of 160 passengers whereas a -500 could accommodate 180 in a standard layout.

Credit: Sylvain Ramadier/Airbus

SAN DIEGO—The idea of a stretched version of the Airbus A220 is getting more public support from key customers. “The A220-500 would be very interesting,” Air Canada’s CFO John Di Bert said at the International Society of Transport Aircraft Trading (ISTAT) Americas conference in San Diego. “It could...

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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