Originally Posted by
Excargodog
Airbus Company literature:
But yeah, if it’s 220-300s it’s a comparable load to a 319. Still don’t know if it’s worth the training and logistics costs of going two fleet though. And again, nobody is going to have a huge fleet of A220s any time soon.
Delta probably has 60-70 A220-100/300s by now with more on the way with a recent bump-up order at Farnborough. I personally think Robin is lobbying hard for Airbus to kickstart the A220-500 (stretched version with even better CASM) program but the industry press is saying that Airbus likely won’t officially launch it until 2024/2025. I could see Robin angling to be the A220-500 launch customer in a few years.
As someone who has also flown on the JB A220 as a pax several times, I can personally vouch for it from the passenger ergonomics standpoint. Much better than any current Spirit offering and more comfortable than any non-MINT JB product. Perhaps JB will get more 220s through a possible future Breeze merger…