Originally Posted by
Bluedriver
The A220 has full transcon range, if the company decides to pay Airbus for a max takeoff weight increase. So far they haven't done that, so it struggles in winter winds. But the jet is plenty capable, if you pay the money to unlock the long range capabilities.
I think the 319NEO could compete fairly well against the A220 when you consider the training and parts commonality issues. The elderly 319 CEOs not so much. But JetBlue already started down the road of the multi type fleet with the A220, so that decision has pretty much been made. I expect a lot of the NK Airbus orders will shuffle from 319NEOs to some other 320NEO variant if the merger goes through.