I-Qantas, i-airline yelizwe lase-Australia, ifumene i-A220 yokuqala yenqwelomoya kuluhlu lwesizukulwana esitsha, iyenza ibe ngumqhubi wama-20 wale modeli yenqwelomoya. Le nqwelo-moya ethile iphawula ukuqala komyalelo weQantas Group we-29 A220s eza kusetyenziswa yi-QantasLink, inqwelomoya yabo yengingqi esebenza kwiindawo zasedolophini nasezilalini kulo lonke elaseOstreliya.
Inqwelomoya, ehonjiswe nge-livery eyahlukileyo ephefumlelwe yi-Aboriginal artwork, imiselwe ukuba ishiye umgca wendibano ye-Airbus e-Mirabel kungekudala. Iza kuhanjiswa ngenqwelomoya ukuya eSydney ukuze ihanjiswe, imisa endleleni eVancouver, Honolulu, nase Nadi.
Iinqwelo ze-QantasLink 717 ziya kupheliswa kwaye zithathelwe indawo yi Airbus A220 inqwelo-moya. Ngokukwazi ukubhabha kabini umgama, i-A220 inokubonelela ngonxibelelwano olungayekiyo phakathi kwawo nawaphi na amanqaku amabini e-Australia. Ngaphaya koko, i-A220 izisa ukuhla okuqaphelekayo ngama-25% kusetyenziso lwamafutha kunye nokukhutshwa kwekhabhoni xa kuthelekiswa nemifuziselo yeenqwelomoya ezindala.
I-A220 igqwesa udidi lwayo ngendlwana enkulu, izihlalo, kunye neefestile, inika abakhweli ubuntofontofo obukhethekileyo. IQantas iza kuba nezihlalo ezili-137 kwii-A220s zayo, zohlulwe zibe ziindidi ezimbini: izihlalo ezili-10 kushishino kunye nezihlalo ezili-127 kuqoqosho.
I-A220 yinqwelo-moya ephucuke kakhulu eyenzelwe umthamo wokuhlala ukusuka kwi-100 ukuya kwi-150. Igqame njengeyona nqwelo-moya yenqwelomoya ekwinqanaba eliphezulu kwiklasi yobukhulu bayo. Ixhotyiswe ngeenjini zangoku zePratt & Whitney GTF, inamandla okubhabha ukuya kuma kwi-nautical miles eyi-3,450 okanye iikhilomitha ezingama-6,390 ngaphandle kwesidingo sokugalela amafutha.
Njengezinye iinqwelomoya ze-Airbus, i-A220 okwangoku ingasebenzisa ukuya kuthi ga kwi-50% i-Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF). Ngo-2030, i-Airbus iceba ukuqinisekisa ukuba zonke iinqwelo-moya zayo zinokusebenza ngokusebenzisa i-100% ye-SAF.
