Delta Air Lines yayitanitsa ndege zina zisanu za A220-100, kubweretsa ku 95 kuchuluka kwa maoda omwe adayikidwa, kuphatikiza ma A220-100 ndi A220-300. Ndegeyo ndiyoyamba kusankha njira yatsopano yowonjezerera kulemera kwa zombo zake zonse kuyambira 2020.
Airbus idalengeza mu Meyi kuti ichulukitsa kulemera kwake (MTOW) kwa A220 ndi 2,268 kg (matani 2.3 metric). MTOW yatsopanoyo ikulitsa kuthekera kosiyanasiyana kosiyanasiyana ndi 450nm mpaka 3,400 nm kwa A220-100 ndi 3,350nm ya A220-300.
Delta inali kasitomala waku US wa A220, ndikuyika oda yoyamba ya ndege 75 mu 2016 ndikusungitsa zina 15 mu Disembala 2018. Ndi dongosolo laposachedwa, maoda a Delta onse 45 A220-100 ndi 50 A220-300s.
Ma A220-100 a Delta amapangidwa ku Mirabel, Québec, pomwe ma A220-300 adzamangidwa pamalo opangira msonkhano ku US omwe akumangidwa ku Mobile, Alabama moyandikana ndi malo ochitira msonkhano a Airbus A320.
Mwanjira ina, Airbus ndi Delta asayina chikumbutso chosamangirira cha Delta TechOps kuti apereke kukonzanso chigawo cha A220 ndi ntchito zakuthupi za Airbus 'A220 Flight Hour Services yokonza ndondomeko ya ola ndi ola. Kugwirizana kumeneku kudzalola Airbus kupititsa patsogolo pulogalamu yake yopambana ya Flight Hour Services (FHS) kwa makasitomala a A220 pomanga pa Delta TechOps 'yotsimikizirika kukonzanso ndi kasamalidwe koyenera komanso ukadaulo wa Airbus pa uinjiniya wokonza, kasamalidwe ka zinthu, ndi mayankho azinthu zatsopano.
A220 ndiye ndege yokha yomwe idapangidwira msika wampando wa 100-150; imapereka mafuta osagonjetseka komanso kutulutsa anthu okwera ndege mlengalenga. A220 imabweretsa pamodzi ma aerodynamics amakono, zida zapamwamba ndi makina aposachedwa kwambiri a Pratt & Whitney a PW1500G opangira ma turbofan kuti apereke mafuta osachepera 20% pamipando poyerekeza ndi ndege zam'mbuyomu. A220 imapereka magwiridwe antchito a ndege zazikulu zazikulu zamodzi.
Ndi buku la oda la ndege zopitilira 536 kumapeto kwa Meyi, A220 ili ndi zidziwitso zonse zopambana gawo la mkango pamsika wapampando wa 100 mpaka 150 womwe ukuyembekezeka kuyimira pafupifupi ndege 7,000 pazaka 20 zikubwerazi.
ZOMWE MUNGACHITE PA NKHANIYI:
- With an order book of more than 536 aircraft at the end of May, the A220 has all the credentials to win the lion's share of the 100- to 150-seat aircraft market estimated to represent at least 7,000 aircraft over the next 20 years.
- In a separate arrangement, Airbus and Delta have signed a non-binding memorandum of understanding for Delta TechOps to provide A220 component repair and material services for Airbus' A220 Flight Hour Services maintenance-by-the-hour program.
- The new MTOW will increase the respective maximum range capabilities by 450nm to 3,400 nm for the A220-100 and 3,350nm for the A220-300.
