Aviation Capital Group confirms 20 Airbus A220 order

Aircraft lessor Aviation Capital Group confirmed that it has firmed up an order for 20 Airbus A220 aircraft. The order was announced in Singapore ahead of tomorrow’s opening of the airshow. It wasn’t immediately clear whether the order was for the smaller A220-100, the larger A220-300, or a mix of the two.

These were included as a memorandum of understanding alongside an order for 40 A320neo family aircraft, including five A321s, in December 2021.

The Airbus A220 is rapidly growing in popularity. As of the end of January, 690 had been ordered, while 195 of these orders had been delivered. Orders for the aircraft (first marketed as the Bombardier C-Series) began in 2009.

The Airbus A220 is a family of five-abreast narrow-body airliner, which was originally designed by Bombardier Aerospace and had two years in service as the Bombardier CSeries. In July 2018, the aircraft was rebranded as the A220 after Airbus acquired 50.01% of the program through a joint venture, which was later renamed Airbus Canada Limited Partnership.

The latest order brings the A220 order book to over 700 aircraft. The Airbus A220 ended 2017 with 372 orders. This grew by almost 50% to 537 aircraft the following year. Given its high fuel efficiency twinned with a lower number of seats, the Airbus A220 was one aircraft that suffered the least from the COVID-19 pandemic.