Qantas, ndege ya dziko la Australia, yalandira ndege yake yoyamba ya A220 kuchokera pamndandanda wazaka zatsopano, zomwe zimapangitsa kuti ikhale ya 20 yoyendetsa ndegeyi. Ndege iyi ndi chiyambi cha dongosolo la Qantas Group la 29 A220s lomwe lidzagwiritsidwe ntchito ndi QantasLink, ndege yawo yachigawo yomwe imagwira ntchito kumadera akumidzi ndi akumidzi ku Australia.

Ndegeyo, yokongoletsedwa ndi chiwombankhanga chodziwika bwino chouziridwa ndi zojambula za Aboriginal, ikuyenera kuchoka pamzere wa msonkhano wa Airbus ku Mirabel posachedwa. Idzatumizidwa ku Sydney kuti ikaperekedwe, ndikuyima panjira ku Vancouver, Honolulu, ndi Nadi.

Zombo za QantasLink 717 zidzachotsedwa ndikusinthidwa ndi Airbus A220 ndege. Ndi kuthekera kowuluka kawiri mtunda, A220 imatha kupereka kulumikizana kosayimitsa pakati pa mfundo ziwiri zilizonse ku Australia. Kuphatikiza apo, A220 imabweretsa kutsika kodziwika bwino kwa 25% pakugwiritsa ntchito mafuta komanso kutulutsa mpweya poyerekeza ndi mitundu yakale ya ndege.

A220 imaposa kalasi yake yokhala ndi kanyumba kakang'ono, mipando, ndi mazenera, zomwe zimapatsa okwera chitonthozo chapadera. Qantas idzakhala ndi mipando 137 mu ma A220s awo, ogawidwa m'magulu awiri: mipando 10 mu bizinesi ndi mipando 127 pachuma.

A220 ndi ndege yapamwamba kwambiri yokonzedwa kuti ikhale ndi mphamvu zokhalapo kuyambira 100 mpaka 150. Imaonekera ngati ndege yopambana kwambiri mu kalasi yake ya kukula. Ili ndi injini zapamwamba kwambiri za Pratt & Whitney GTF, imatha kuwuluka mpaka ma nautical miles 3,450 kapena ma kilomita 6,390 popanda kufunikira kowonjezera mafuta.

Monga ndege zina za Airbus, A220 ingagwiritse ntchito mpaka 50% Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF). Pofika chaka cha 2030, Airbus ikukonzekera kuonetsetsa kuti ndege zake zonse zitha kugwira ntchito pogwiritsa ntchito 100% SAF.