PARIS (Agefi-Dow Jones) – Aerospace and defense group Airbus announced Wednesday that Air Canada has confirmed an order for another 15 A220-300s, bringing the Canadian carrier’s total order from 45 to 60 aircraft.
Air Canada has operated the A220 since January 2020 and currently has more than 30 aircraft of this type in service on transcontinental routes in Canada, the United States and Latin America.
According to Airbus, the A220 offers up to 25% less fuel consumption per seat and CO2 emissions than previous generation aircraft.
To date, more than 220 A220s have been delivered to 16 airlines operating on four continents, Airbus said. By the end of September, more than 25 customers had ordered more than 770 A220 aircraft.
-Pierre-Jean Lepagnot, Agefi-Dow Jones +33 (0) 1 41 27 47 95; [email protected] ed: VLV
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