Addendum
Airbus rebrands Bombardier C Series jets as A220
July 1st 2018
North American carrier, Jetblue, became the launch customer of the rebranded A220-jet after it signed a Memorandum of Understanding for 60 of the type, formerly known as Bombardier CS100s and CS300s. Read More » Jetblue also converted 25 of its A320neo orders to the larger A321neo. Both of the types will be powered by Pratt & Whitney GTF engines.
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The A220 reveal in Toulouse was “an historic moment’ said Airbus Commercial Aircraft CEO, Guillaume Faury, because it represented a new phase in the Canadian manufactured aircraft “now that it had all of Airbus’ resources behind it”.
The A220-100 and A220-300 cover the segment from 100 to 150 seats in a five abreast cabin. The worldwide market for smaller single aisle aircraft is estimated at 6,000 airplanes in the next two decades.
Under the recently completed C Series Aircraft Limited Partnership (CSALP) between the Toulouse manufacturer, Bombardier and Invest Quebec, Airbus owns 50.01% of CSLAP.
