Airbus Usungule ukhenketho olubanzi kummandla wePasifiki ukubonisa i-A220, ilungu losapho lwakutshanje. Inqwelomoya esetyenziselwa ukhenketho yi-A220-300 eqeshiwe kwi-airBaltic yaseLatvia, eza kutyelela iindawo ezisithoba kumazwe asixhenxe. Oku kuya kubandakanya iindawo ezintathu zokuma eAsia kuhambo lokubuyela eYurophu.
Indawo yokuqala yokumisa kukhenketho iya kuba sisiqithi saseVanuatu esisisiqithi sePacific, ikhaya lommandla wokumiliselwa kweA220 kumthengi weAir Vanuatu. Inqwelomoya iya kuthi emva koko ityelele i-Australia (eSydney naseBrisbane), eNew Zealand (eAuckland), eNew Caledonia (Noumea) nasePapua New Guinea (ePort Moresby). Endleleni ebuyela eYurophu, inqwelomoya iyakuma eCambodia (Phnom Penh) naseIndiya (Bangalore naseNew Delhi).
Ukuboniswa okungatshintshiyo kucwangcisiwe kwindawo nganye yokumisa, kunye nokubonisa iindiza kubaphathi beenqwelo moya kunye nezinye iindwendwe ezimenyiweyo.
I-A220 kuphela kwenqwelomoya yenqwelomoya entsha kwimarike yezihlalo eyi-100-150 kwaye ibandakanya ubuchwephesha bobuchwephesha, uyilo lwamva nje lwamandla ashushu kunye neinjini zokuvelisa ezintsha. Ngokudibeneyo, le nkqubela phambili igcina ukonga amafutha ubuncinci iipesenti ezingama-20 xa kuthelekiswa neenqwelo moya ezindala ezinesayizi efanayo.
Ukongeza, i-A220 ibonelela ngokoluhlu olwandisiweyo lokufikelela kwi-3,400 yeemayile zemayile. Oku kwenza inqwelomoya ilungele ngokukodwa uhlobo lwemisebenzi ebonwe kwingingqi yePasifiki, kubandakanya nokusebenza okufutshane ukuya phakathi phakathi kweentlanga eziqithi, kunye neendlela ezinde ukuya e-Australia naseNew Zealand.
I-AirBaltic A220-300 ifakwe ikhabhathi enye enezitulo ezingama-145. Njengakuzo zonke iinqwelomoya ze-A220, ubeko lunezihlalo ezithathu kwelinye icala lendlela kwaye ezimbini kwelinye. Ikhabhathi yeyona inkulu kudidi lobungakanani bayo, inezihlalo ezibanzi zeklasi yoqoqosho kunye nemigqomo ebanzi yokugcina ngaphezulu.
I-A220 iyafumaneka kwiinguqulelo ezimbini, kunye ne-A220-100 yokuhlala phakathi kwabagibeli abali-100 ukuya kwayi-130 kunye nendawo enkulu ye-A220-300 phakathi kwe-130 ne-160 kubume beenqwelo moya. Ukuphela kukaSeptemba 2019, abathengi kwihlabathi liphela babefake iiodolo zeenqwelomoya ezingama-525 A220 kwaye ezingama-90 sele zisenkonzweni nabaqhubi abathandathu.
