A220 | Purpose-built for flexible operations

The A220’s performance and range make it a uniquely flexible aircraft family with the ability to fly a wide variety of missions including routes with challenging airports.

Range flexibility

With a range of up to 3,450nm the A220 offers a unique ability to fly both regional and longer range missions with one single aircraft type. Its superior range capability, similar to that of large single-aisles, allows more destinations to be served while being more fuel-efficient and having lower operating costs per trip. This brings valuable flexibility for airlines, allowing them to seamlessly adapt their schedules, meet demand and open new routes at the lowest risk.

What our Customers say

The Airbus A220-300 provides both greater capacity and longer range(...).Notably, the longer range of the aircraft has enabled airBaltic to launch direct flights to destinations such as Abu Dhabi, Almaty, Malaga and Lisbon.

Andris VAIVODS, airBaltic’s SVP Technical Operation

Performance flexibility

The A220 family is the only in-production aircraft in its class capable of performing both steep approach and long-range operations, unlocking new route opportunities for airlines.

The A220 is ideal for hot-and-high and city centre airport operations.

In fact, the A220-100 is the largest aircraft able to operate in the constrained environment of London City Airport.

From such challenging airports, the A220 Family’s performance and efficiency give it a built-in advantage. The type also recently achieved 180-minute extended operations (ETOPS) certification, paving the way for A220 customers to start new direct non-limiting routings over water or in remote or underserved regions.

What our Customers say

With this aircraft, we’re able to operate on longer routes, such as Moscow, Cairo or Hurghada, as well as at operationally challenging airports with short and narrow runways and complex approaches, such as London City and Florence. At the same time, the A220 is an all-rounder that can be used for all our other short and medium-haul destinations.

Peter KOCH, SWISS’s A220 Fleet Chief

To get the most out of the A220’s flexibility, NAVBLUE offers a solution to optimise any type of operations. 

N-Flight Planning

N-Flight Planning is a dispatch solution allowing you to create the safest and most cost-effective routes for your operations. With NAVBLUE’s full knowledge of the A220, you will get the best optimisation possible for your fleet, even if operating a mixed fleet.

Hawaiian Airlines currently uses N-Flight Planning to optimise routes and sees a real cost advantage

The airline will see a number of flight operations benefits and reduced operating costs through increased flight plan accuracy, dynamic route construction and higher productivity of dispatchers and flight planners.

NAVBLUE’s N-Flight Planning also offers superior route optimisation results, with integrated avoidance of in-flight hazards, such as forecast turbulence, icing and thunderstorms. The system also provides Receiver Autonomous Integrity Monitoring (RAIM) and Automatic Dependent Surveillance-Broadcast (ADS-B) prediction capabilities to support Hawaiian’s international and inter-island operations.

Unleash the full potential of the A220’s flexibility with N-Flight Planning by NAVBLUE to seamlessly optimise your flight operations and meet market demand.