Airbus idakondwerera kuperekedwa kwa ndege zake za 12,000 m'mbiri yake yazaka 50. Ndegeyo inali ya A220-100, yomwe inasonkhanitsidwa ku Mirabel, Canada ndipo inaperekedwa ku Delta Air Lines yochokera ku US.
Ndegeyo ndi 12 A220 yoperekedwa mpaka pano ku Delta Air Lines kuyambira pamene chonyamuliracho chinalandira A220 yake yoyamba mu October 2018. A220 inayamba utumiki wokonzedweratu ndi Delta mu February 2019. Delta ndi ndege yoyamba ya U.S. kasitomala, ndi oda olimba 220 ndege.
Kutumiza kwapadera kumeneku kwa ndege ya Airbus yopangidwa ku Canada kupita ku ndege yochokera ku U.S. kukuwonetsa kukula kwa Airbus ku North America. Popeza utsogoleri wa Airbus wa pulogalamu ya A220 udayamba kugwira ntchito pa Julayi 1, 2018, malo adawonongeka mu Januware chaka chino ku Mobile, Alabama pomanga mzere wachiwiri womaliza wa msonkhano wa A220, womwe udzayambe kutumiza kwa makasitomala aku US mu 2020.
Airbus inapereka ndege yake yoyamba, A300B2 ku Air France, kubwerera ku 1974. Mofulumira ku 2010, Airbus inapereka ndege yake ya 6,000, zaka 36 pambuyo pake. Liwiro lidapitilirabe, ndikutengera Airbus zaka zisanu ndi zinayi zokha kuwirikiza kawiri chiwerengerocho, kufika pa ndege 12,000 za Airbus lero, pa Meyi 20, 2019.
ZOMWE MUNGACHITE PA NKHANIYI:
- Since Airbus' leadership of the A220 program became effective on July 1st 2018, ground was broken in January this year in Mobile, Alabama for the construction of a second A220 final assembly line, set to start deliveries to U.
- The aircraft is the 12th A220 delivered to date to Delta Air Lines since the carrier received its first A220 in October 2018.
- airline to operate the A220 and is the largest A220 customer, with a firm order for 90 aircraft.
