Airbus yethule uhambo olubanzi lwesifunda sasePacific ukukhombisa i-A220, ilungu layo lakamuva lomndeni. Indiza esetshenziselwa ukuvakasha i-A220-300 eqashwe e-airBaltic yaseLatvia, ezovakashela izindawo eziyisishiyagalolunye emazweni ayisikhombisa. Lokhu kuzobandakanya izitobhi ezintathu e-Asia ohambweni lokubuyela eYurophu.
Indawo yokuqala yokuvakasha kuzoba yizwe eliyisiqhingi sasePacific iVanuatu, okuyikhaya lekhasimende lesifunda le-A220 elethula i-Air Vanuatu. Indiza izobe isivakashela e-Australia (eSydney naseBrisbane), eNew Zealand (Auckland), New Caledonia (Noumea) nasePapua New Guinea (Port Moresby). Endleleni ebuyela eYurophu, indiza izoma eCambodia (Phnom Penh) naseNdiya (Bangalore naseNew Delhi).
Imibukiso engashintshi ihlelelwa esitobhini ngasinye, kanye nezindiza eziyimibukiso zabaphathi bezindiza nezinye izihambeli ezimenyiwe.
I-A220 iyona kuphela indiza eklanywe entsha emakethe yezihlalo ezingu-100-150 futhi ihlanganisa ubuchwepheshe besimanje, umklamo wakamuva we-aerodynamic kanye nezinjini zesizukulwane esisha. Ngokuhlangene, le ntuthuko yenza ukonga uphethiloli okungenani ngamaphesenti angama-20 uma kuqhathaniswa nezindiza zesizukulwane esidala ezinosayizi ofanayo.
Ngaphezu kwalokho, i-A220 inikezela ngamakhono ebanga afinyelela ku-3,400 nautical miles. Lokhu kwenza indiza ifaneleke ngokukhethekile uhlobo lwemisebenzi ebonwa esifundeni sasePacific, okuhlanganisa nokudonsa okufushane kuya kokuphakathi phakathi kwamazwe ahlukahlukene aseziqhingini, kanye nemizila ende eya e-Australia naseNew Zealand.
I-airBaltic A220-300 ifakwe ikhabethe labagibeli bekilasi elilodwa elinezihlalo eziyi-145. Njengakuzo zonke izindiza ze-A220, isakhiwo sihlanganisa izihlalo ezintathu ohlangothini olulodwa lwephasishi nezimbili kolunye. Ikhabhinethi inkulu esigabeni sayo sobukhulu, inezihlalo ezibanzi ezisezingeni eliphezulu kanye nemigqomo ebanzi yokugcina phezulu.
I-A220 itholakala ngezinguqulo ezimbili, kanti i-A220-100 ihlezi phakathi kwabagibeli abayi-100 nabangu-130 kanye ne-A220-300 enkulu ehlala phakathi kuka-130 no-160 ekuhlelweni kwendiza evamile. Ekupheleni kukaSepthemba 2019, amakhasimende emhlabeni wonke afake ama-oda ezindiza ezingama-525 A220 ezinama-90 asevele esebenza nabaqhubi abayisithupha.
