Why the Airbus A220 will replace the A320 - the full story (2/2) 

I think you are overlooking a point here: The A220 is not so much meant as an A320 replacement by Airbus, but offers a chance to build on the A320's strengths. In the short-to medium term, a streched A220-500 will necessarily be a 180-seat , shorter range option compared to a 180-seat longer range "A320XLR", with the A321 LR / XLR having the 215-seat segment all to itself. The gradual shift from the aging A320 to more an more A220s for shorter-range missions will allow Airbus to reposition the A320-successor firmly in the longer-range segment with even a slightly increased capacity, hitting an efficiency sweet spot in the 200-250 seat range.

I think this is wonderful! While the A220 ultimately might not replace the A320 series entirely, especially considering the A321XLR's payload-range that the A220 is incapable of, the A220 is still an amazing product to complement the A320 family, and bridge the gap between the CRJ900-size and the A320, a market that historically has been very challenging for manufacturers to develop: the A318 and 737-600 were examples of such aircraft in this capacity range that ultimately did not work out to be so successful. Regards to the lack of commonality between the A220 and A320, that isn't really the biggest problem though; Bombardier designed the cockpit to be user friendly and be easy for other pilots to transition to this aircraft. Technologically, the A220 cockpit resembles the A350 cockpit and the overall A220 design is much closer to the A320 than to the 737, especially considering the wing and flap design, the fuselage doors, the wider seats, and the sidesticks. Additionally, I've also flown the Challenger 650 on X-Plane 11, an extremely realistic aircraft addon from Hot Start, and I can see that the Challenger systems does have a lot of similarities to the A220.

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The quality of the video is phenomenal. Keep up the good work, one day it’ll come I’m sure.

Again, great job - keep up the good work! Your videos are fantastic!

Airbus A320 and A220 are completely different aircraft. One of the greatest advantage of all Airbus fly by wire aircraft is their operational similarity which allows pilots move from one Airbus aircraft to another Airbus aircraft with minimum amount of training. It also allows for mixed fleet flying. A220 has a completely different philosophy to Airbus and thus, it does not fill the bill. It is not about fleet commonality, it is all about the amount of money and time required to train the current Airbus pilots. Also, A320 is a larger aircraft with better cargo handling capabilities, particularly the A321. Cargo is a big part of airline business even when carrying passengers. For example, the A321 can handle 10 ULDs. If a route has less passengers and more cargo, airlines can deploy the A321 there and make huge profits. Many airlines do that even now. Lastly, I do not think Airbus is going to replace one of the best products of theirs with a product produced by some other company.

I in this part 2 full Video on The Airbus A220's going on Short to Medium Haul Routes would be a good move for the regional jet planes they'll need extended range fuel tanks to fly into Long Haul Routes from Canada,USA and Europe that have smaller Airports Awesome Video!!!!

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Thanks for another great video

great quality video - but i'm not sure i buy your theory! i would suggest the a321neo (including the LR and XLR variants) will lead the a320 family sales, and the a320neo will be pulled along in it's wake for commonality reasons. btw, it took me a while to realise that when you say "cannibalise" you mean "cannibalise sales" ... since avgeeks think of "cannibalise" in terms of spare parts ! keep up the good work

loved it!

Damn, part 1 was so good. Part 2 was a look into your fan boy expectations. Sorry.

The cargo bays of 320 family take the stantard bins tho wich the 220 does not.

love the new video. didn't watch it, but love everything about it. please talk about which plane would do the most damage if flown into a building (*hypothetically speaking*). think that would pop off the algorithm

The a220 is way safer than the max 8 dinosaur. Thank you fly by wire and eicas.

It would be interesting to interview an A220 pilot who would be willing to share their experience with the aircraft's performance and handling. While it's well-known that the A220 is an outlier in cost and fuel efficiency, its other flight capabilities are numerous and staggering. Bombardier designed an exceptionally powerful aircraft with oversized engines and large, slippery, high-lift wings. Its ability to catapult itself from short runways on a hot day with a substantial fuel and payload is coveted by airlines such as Breeze, JetBlue and Delta, allowing access to challenging airports that would preclude the A320 and 737. The A220 is a very fast climber (with an engine fan diameter almost as large as the 757's RB211), with flight controls that blend the best of Airbus and Boeing hardware and software.

The moose is loose in Switzerland

As a regular traveller on Swiss/Lufthansa pre pandemic, I have experience on the A220-100/300 and A319/320/320neo/321. While I love the A220, I have to say that my preference (just) is for the A319, it just feels more solid, and being the smallest in the family has the shorter boarding times and less luggage at the carrousel. But my opinion could be heavily influenced by the terrible seat-backs Swiss have specified, with netting positioned so that the only place to put a water bottle is just where your knees want to be, and a table so small that your tray feels as if it could fall off at any time! One advantage that the A320 series has over the A220 (and 737) is the ability to take containerised hold luggage/freight, arguably less of an advantage on the A319, but an increasing one as capacity increases. With fleets possibly moving over to this type of aircraft, and a potential market of thousands of aircraft coupled with the airlines desire for ever shorter turn-arounds to squeeze that extra flight into the days schedule, could now be an appropriate time to develop a suitable container system? Since moving over to the side-stick, Airbus have made a point of the high commonality between all their aircraft, which apart from being good for the Airlines, no doubt improves Airbus's purchasing power immensely, but the A220 doesn't fit into the model. Given that Airbus wants to get the supply costs of the A220 down to the levels they are used to and expect/demand, in time, and as the A220 is developed/updated, I wonder if we will see it become more Airbus and less Bombardier? I don't know if it is even possible, but could we eventually see a change to the A220s avionics, or even more of a wild idea, the eventual replacement for the A320 series not being just a stretched A220, but a 6-abrest wider fuselage one? We keep hearing rumours of an eventual A322, or even A323, but somehow, I doubt if a five abreast layout could cope with those capacities.

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