Airbus A220

Airbus is convinced it will be able to sell a lot more A220s in the Asia-Pacific region as airlines enter their next phase of route development.

IATA is forecasting that airlines across the Asia-Pacific region will be profitable this year, with China and India leading regional expansion.

U.S. airframer Boeing has no commercial aircraft represented in either the static or flying displays, despite the expectation of a larger presence.

An auxiliary battery caught fire inside the cabin of an Air France-operated Airbus A220 on June 12, 2025, Dutch air accident investigation bureau DSB says.

Air Serbia has completed the modernization of its fleet with the delivery of the final Embraer E195-E1 from lessor Azorra, marking Azorra's first partnership in the Balkan region.

Swiss has begun grounding its fleet of nine Airbus A220-100s for at least 18 months as issues with their Pratt & Whitney geared turbofan (GTF) engines persist.

Aviation Week’s Fleet Discovery database shows that last year the A220's backlog for the first time sank below the level of when Airbus acquired it, raising key questions for the program.

Airbus is developing a runway overrun awareness and alerting system (ROAAS) for the A220.

Boeing and Airbus's 2025 O+D numbers illustrate very different stories, but neither should assume their respective performances will continue into 2026.

With the curtain closed on 2025, Flight Friday takes the opportunity to review the state of the engine market.

Customer demand has made the Airbus A321neo the most successful single-aisle aircraft, currently representing 64% of all A320neo-family orders.

Airbus has released a software update to address A220 wheel-skidding issues, with Transport Canada and EASA mandating its installation.

Commercial narrowbody deliveries came to a total of 96 units in November 2025, nine aircraft higher than the same month of the year prior but 11 down on October.

Small narrowbody jets are increasingly tackling distances that would have been thought impossible by previous-generation regional jets.

Carbon Analysis looks at Abra Group's efficiency as its Latin American competitors invest in Embraer E2s and Airbus A220s.

Though supply chain troubles continue to slow down moves to higher production levels, both large aircraft manufacturers are displaying more optimism.

Argentinian LCC Flybondi has become the first customer for the A220 in Latin America after placing orders with both Airbus and Boeing, including 10 737-10s.

ITA Airways has received the first of five new A220s it is leasing from ACG which comes as the carrier prepares a lawsuit against the A220's engine supplier Pratt & Whitney.

Commercial narrowbody deliveries came to a total of 107 units in October 2025—two units less than the previous month but 42 aircraft more year-over-year.

Airbus Commercial CEO Christian Scherer says the company could build a stretched version of the A350-1000 and is seeing increasing customer demand for such an aircraft.

Pratt & Whitney is confident that steps it is taking will cut AOG incidents on the Airbus A220 and Embraer E2 fleets to near zero by the end of 2026.

Our roundup of the main aerospace and defense stories making the news this week.

Air France-KLM reported a dip in net profit for the third quarter, as the airline group was hit by tax increases in France and disruptions in the Netherlands.

The carbon analysis looks at the effects of recent groundings of GTF-powered aircraft at Swiss International Air Lines and Cebu Pacific.

Swiss International Air Lines has decided to ground its fleet of nine Airbus A220-100s for at least 18 months as issues with their GTF engines continue.