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#2593· ICAO BCS1, BCS3

Airbus A220

🇨🇦 Canada ·first flew 2015· airliner

🛫 airliner 2× jet ✓ still flying
10 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
  1. 1. Airbus A220-300: Romain COUPY· CC BY-SA 4.0
  2. 2. (SGP-Singapore) Air Niugini Airbus A220-300 P2-PGA @ Singapore Airshow 2026-02-07: S5A-0043· CC BY 4.0
  3. 3. Air Canada Airbus A220-300 C-GJXN on final approach to Boston June 2026 1: 4300streetcar· CC BY 4.0
  4. 4. Air France, F-HZUG, Airbus A220-300: Anna Zvereva· CC BY-SA 2.0
  5. 5. Croatia Airlines - 9A-CAP - Airbus A220-300 - London Heathrow Airport (LHR) (cropped): Mitchul Hope· CC BY-SA 4.0
  6. 6. Delta Airbus A220-100 N102DU after take off Boston Feb 2025: 4300streetcar· CC BY 4.0
  7. 7. Delta Airbus A220-300 N333DU departing Boston June 2025: 4300streetcar· CC BY 4.0
  8. 8. EGLF - Airbus A220 - C-FFDD (29611885798): Steve Lynes from Sandshurst, United Kingdom· CC BY 2.0
  9. 9. First Delta A220 delivery (43749329070): airbus777 from Washington, DC, USA· CC BY 2.0
  10. 10. ITA Airways, I-ADVA, Airbus A220-100 (54007495525) at Milan Linate: Anna Zvereva· CC BY-SA 2.0
Read about it on Wikipedia ↗
Airbus A220, photo 1 of 10
1/10 Romain COUPY· CC BY-SA 4.0

what is it?

The Airbus A220 is a family of five-abreast narrow-body airliners by Airbus Canada Limited Partnership (ACLP). It was initially developed by Bombardier Aviation with the program launched on 13 July 2008 and had two years in-service as the Bombardier CSeries. The smaller A220-100 (formerly CS100) first flew on 16 September 2013, received an initial type certificate from Transport Canada on 18 December 2015, and entered service on 15 July 2016 with Swiss International Air Lines.

How to recognise it: 2 jet engines · low wing · retractable tricycle gear

base stats

  • built 455made in total

Bars compare against all aircraft: 3,500 km/h, 20,000 km, 850 seats; size and number built on a log scale up to 640 t (An-225) and 45,000 built (Cessna 172).

fun facts

  • First flew 11 years ago, in 2015.

jet: Gas turbine pushing air out the back (turbofan or turbojet): fast and high-flying.

spec sheet

first flight
2015-02-27
introduced
2016
status
still flying
number built
455
role
airliner
origin
🇨🇦 Canada
makers
Airbus Canada
engines
2× Pratt & Whitney PW1000G
top speed
—
range
—
wings
low wing
landing gear
retractable tricycle gear
ICAO code
BCS1, BCS3

Specs are for the version in the Wikipedia article's specification section. Blank means the sources don't say.

Sources: Wikidata Q426074, Wikipedia: Airbus A220 (CC BY-SA 4.0), ICAO code from list of aircraft type designators.Updated 2026-10-24.

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