Airbus A220
A small narrow-body airliner designed to fill the gap between regional and mainline aircraft.
Overview
The A220 was designed for the capacity gap between regional aircraft and conventional narrow-bodies. That gap stayed empty for a long time because lowering seat-mile cost in a small aircraft is hard.
A five-abreast cabin produces an unequal arrangement either side of the aisle. That widens seats while removing the middle-seat problem — a frequently cited example of how experience can be rescued in a small cabin.
The aircraft's origin lies in another manufacturer's programme and later changed hands. In aviation, a programme's owner and its engineering coming from different places is a structural consequence of the industry's economies of scale.
Details
- Brand
- Airbus
- Category
- Narrow-body Airliner
- Body
- Narrow-body
- Propulsion
- turbofan
- Produced
- 2016–