The Air France-KLM Group, yasaina Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) ya 60 Airbus Ndege ya A220-300 kuti isinthe zombo zake zamakono. Pogula ndege zazing'ono zapanjira imodzi, zotsogola kwambiri komanso zamakono, ndegeyo idzapindula ndi kuchepa kwakukulu kwamafuta oyaka komanso mpweya wa CO2. Ma A220 awa amapangidwa kuti aziyendetsedwa ndi Air France.
"Kupeza kwa ma A220-300 atsopanowa kumagwirizana bwino ndi njira zonse za Air France-KLM zotsogola komanso zogwirizanitsa" atero a Benjamin Smith, CEO wa Air France-KLM Group. "Ndegeyi ikuwonetsa kuyendetsa bwino komanso kuyendetsa bwino chuma ndipo imatithandiza kupititsa patsogolo malo omwe tikukhalamo chifukwa cha kuchepa kwamafuta amafuta a A220 komanso kuchepa kwa mpweya. Imasinthidwanso bwino kuti igwirizane ndi netiweki yathu yapakhomo ndi yaku Europe ndipo ipangitsa Air France kugwira ntchito bwino panjira zake zazifupi komanso zapakati. ”
"Ndimwayi kwa Airbus kuti Air France, kasitomala wofunika kwanthawi yayitali, wavomereza wachibale wathu waposachedwa, A220, chifukwa cha mapulani ake okonzanso zombo," atero a Guillaume Faury, Chief Executive Officer wa Airbus. "Tadzipereka kuthandiza Air France ndi A220 yathu pobweretsa matekinoloje aposachedwa, magwiridwe antchito, komanso mapindu a chilengedwe. Ndife okondwa kuyambitsa mgwirizanowu ndipo tikuyembekezera kuwona A220 ikuwuluka mumitundu ya Air France. "
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.
Air France pakadali pano imagwiritsa ntchito ndege za 144 Airbus.
Ndi buku loyitanitsa la ndege 551 pofika kumapeto kwa Juni 2019, A220 ili ndi zidziwitso zonse zopambana gawo la mkango pamsika wa ndege zokhala ndi mipando 100 mpaka 150, zomwe zikuyembekezeka kuyimira ndege 7,000 pazaka 20 zikubwerazi.
