Norwegians are a flying people and many were lucky with an Airbus in the 320 series. Some were also lucky to have piloted the A380 or the new A350 carbon beauty
But an Airbus 220 has not yet guaranteed any fleet, at least not with that name.
The first copy landed at Toulouse-Blagnac airport at lunch on Tuesday. Then he came straight from the lakkeringshallen where there was an Airbus logo.
The A220 is formerly known as the Bombardier C Series. In October of last year, Airbus entered into a partnership with the Canadian aircraft manufacturer and acquired the majority of the shares of the C Aircraft Limited Partnership (CSALP) series. The acquisition took place now in July
Thus, the passenger cars CS100 and CS300 became A220-100 and A220-300
Airbus and Boeing trade
– It's a historic moment that we all looked forward to. It's an honor to see the plane by plane and I'm going to commemorate all the men and women of Bombardier who have been working on this plane for several years, "says Airbus boss, Guillaume Faury, in a press release
. The word on the plane was rarely coming from Airbus while he was still a competitor. On the contrary, the message has often been that jet airliners with fewer than 150 seats are not bet.
The Virgin of the so-called Bomber C100 Photo: Bombardier
This segment has prioritized Airbus or Boeing in recent times. But as Airbus now increases the selection of models through the checkbook, Boeing is trying to do the same if the Brazilian authorities agree that Americans buy 80% of the company's civil activities (excluding private jet production). are passenger flights a little smaller than the smaller A320 and B737 families and are therefore complementary to the Airbus and Boeing passenger aircraft.
Going as far as 19659007 The C series has been in operation for two years but up to now, only 29 aircraft have been delivered to three companies: Swiss, Air Baltic and Korean Air. Like many of the new sisters in the A320 Neo family, it is equipped with the latest generation of PW1500G turbochargers.
Widerøe received his first E190-E2 three months ago. Photo: Per Erlien Dalløkken
The CS100 made its first flight on September 16, 2013 while CS300 was driving its empty ferry on February 27, 2015 from the Bombardier factory. The Mirabel Airport, West of Montreal in the Province of Quebec
Originally, Braathens Regional Aviation was to be launcher on the type of aircraft when it ordered ten CSeries at the Paris Air Show in 2011, divided into five CS100s and five CS300s with an option of ten more. steal. The company left from last year
The C series was also long considered by Widerøe, but they ended up with the second generation Embraer E-jet. As is known, Widerøe launches on the E190-E2 and brought home its first of three scheduled flights in April.
