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Airbus A220 Spotting Guide
The C Series single-aisle, narrow-body jetliner was designed by Bombardier and included the CS100 and CS300. In October of 2017 Airbus and Bombardier announced a new C Series partnership. Under the agreement, Airbus would provide procurement, sales, marketing, and customer support expertise to the C Series program. The primary C Series assembly line would remain in Quebec, with some orders for the C Series to be assembled at the Airbus plant in Mobile, Alabama.
In July of 2018, Airbus completed its acquisition of the C Series, and renamed the two airliners the A220-100 and A220-300, optimized for the 100-150 seat market segment. It was envisioned to fit the market between regional and mainline airliners.
Both models share the same height, wingspan and fuselage diameter. The A220-300 has a longer range. The two aircraft have over 95% parts commonality, and share the same type rating.
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Deliveries began in 2016, with Swiss Air, AirBaltic and Korean Air Lines among the initial operators. Production facilities are in Mirabel, Canada and in Mobile, Alabama.
The design is 100% new, from nose to tail. The A220 Series aircraft contains a high proportion of composite materials; it features 70% advanced materials comprising 46% composite materials and 24% aluminium-lithium.
The main landing gear units retract inward, while the nose gear retracts rearward. Each unit is twin-wheeled, for a total of six wheels on the plane.
One engine is mounted under each wing in the A220 Series aircraft, and the wings feature winglets on the ends. Pratt & Whitney PurePower PW1000G engines are used.
The A220 cabin was designed to provide the widest seats on a single-aisle aircraft, the largest windows and up to 30% more carry-on bags. The cabin features large windows, and large, rotating overhead storage bins allowing each passenger to stow a sizeable carry-on bag overhead. LED lighting can be changed as the airline dictates. Passenger seating is either five-abreast or four-abreast.
A220 Specifications, Orders and Deliveries
| Length | Typical Seating |
Range nm |
Orders* | Deliveries* | |
| A220-100 | 114' 9" | 108 - 135 | 3,100 | 118 | 73 |
| A220-300 | 127' 0" | 130 - 160 | 3,300 | 822 | 382 |
| TOTAL | 940 | 455 |
* through October, 2025 View current Orders/Deliveries from Airbus.
Airbus A220 Spotting Tips
| Shown below is a side-by-side comparison of the the Airbus A220-100 and 220-300, with its two engines mounted under the wings, 45-degree winglets, a flat tail cone, two dual-wheel main landing gear and four-piece windshield. Each model shares the same wingspan, fuselage width and height. The A220 Series design includes two cabins doors on each side of the fuselage, and one emergency exit over the wing. The additional length of the 220-300 was produced from the addition of one fuselage plug in front of the wing box, and one plug behind the wing box. The 220-100 features 13 windows in front of the emergency exit, while the 220-300 has 17 windows. |
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| Distinctive nose of the Airbus A220 ... seen here is Swiss Air HB-JBF (Photo by DELEHELLE Eric) |
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| Airbus A220-100 (top) and A220-300 (bottom) prototypes in Bombardier CS Series markings (Photo by Bombardier) |
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| Airbus A220 engines ... seen here on Swiss Air HB-JBF (Photo by DELEHELLE Eric) |
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| Delta Air Lines A220-100, registration N114DU, awaits takeoff at the DFW Airport (Staff Photo) |
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| Swiss Air Airbus A220, Registration Number HB-JBF (Photo by DELEHELLE Eric) |
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Comparing the Airbus A220 Series to Similar Airliners
The cockpit windshield configuration (side view) of the Airbus A220 compared with the Airbus A350 and Boeing 787
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| The configuration of the cockpit windshield (front view), on the Airbus A220 with its 4-piece windshield. For comparison, the windshields of the Airbus A350 and Boeing 787 are also shown. |
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| The chart below shows a side-by-side comparison of the Airbus A220-100 (top) and the Embraer E175 (below) |
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The Airbus Corporate Jet ACJ TwoTwenty
Airbus announced on October 6, 2020 its new ACJ TwoTwenty, a business jet based on its popular A220-100 airliner. The business jet creates a whole new market segment “The Xtra Large Bizjet". The jet includes for the first time a flexible cabin catalogue, addressing the requirements of the heavy and long-range business jet categories. Read more on the Airbus website ... Airbus ACJ TwoTwenty business jet |
| Airbus in Mobile, Alabama ... location of a A220 Final Assembly Line (Staff Photo) |
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