Ua faatonuina e le Delta Air Lines ni vaalele faaopoopo se lima A220-100, ma ua oʻo atu i le 95 le aofaʻi o faʻatonuga na tuʻuina atu, e aofia uma ai A220-100s ma A220-300s. O le kamupani vaʻalele o le muamua na filifilia le fou faʻateleina maualuga maualuga aveoff mamafa filifiliga mo ana atoa vaʻa mai 2020.

Na faasilasila e Airbus ia Me o le a siitia ai le maualuga o le mamafa o le pauna (MTOW) mo le A220 e 2,268 kg (2.3 metric tone). O le MTOW fou o le a faʻateleina le tele maualuga gafatia gafatia e 450nm i le 3,400 nm mo le A220-100 ma 3,350nm mo le A220-300.

Delta o le US faʻalauiloa tagata faʻatau mo le A220, faʻatulagaina le muamua oka mo 75 vaʻalele i le 2016 ma tusiina se faʻaopoopoga 15 ia Tesema 2018. Faʻatasi ai ma lenei faʻatonuga fou, Delta's okaina aofaʻi 45 A220-100s ma 50 A220-300s.

Delta's A220-100s o loʻo gaosia i Mirabel, Québec, ae o le A220-300s o le a fausia i se fale fou o loʻo faʻagasolo nei fausiaina i Mobile, Alabama e felataʻi ma le nofoaga o loʻo iai Airbus A320.

I se isi faʻavasegaina, Airbus ma Delta ua sainia se le faʻamau faʻamanatuina o malamalamaaga mo Delta TechOps e tuʻuina atu ai A220 vaega toe faaleleia ma mea taua auaunaga mo Airbus 'A220 Flight Hour Services polokalame faʻaleleia i lea itula. O lenei faiga faʻapaʻaga faʻapaʻaga o le a faʻatagaina ai Airbus e faʻalauteleina le alualu i luma o le Flight Hour Services (FHS) polokalama mo le aufaʻatau A220 e ala i le fausiaina i luga o le Delta TechOps 'faʻamaonia vaega toe faaleleia ma faʻatonutonu agavaʻa ma Airbus' tomai i le tausiga inisinia, Inisiua pulega, ma fou auaunaga fofo.

O le A220 na o le pau vaʻalele mafuaʻaga-fausia mo le 100-150 nofoa maketi; e tuʻuina atu le mafaamatalaina le lelei suauʻu ma widebody pasese faamafanafanaga i se tasi-aisle vaalele. O le A220 o loʻo tuʻufaʻatasia aerodynamics o loʻo i ai nei, o mea taua na maua mai ai ma afi eletise fou o le PW1500G a le Pratt & Whitney e ofoina atu ia le 20 pasene maualalo le suauʻu mu i nofoa pe a faʻatusatusa i vaʻalele tuai. O le A220 ofaina le faʻatinoina o lapoʻa tasi vaalele vaalele.

Faatasi ai ma se tusi oka o sili atu nai lo 536 vaalele i le faaiuga o Me, le A220 i ai uma agavaʻa e manumalo ai i le leona o le 100- i le 150-nofoa vaalele maketi fuafuaina e fai ma sui sili atu 7,000 vaalele i le isi 20 tausaga.

OA MEA E AVEA MAI LENEI TUSI:

With an order book of more than 536 aircraft at the end of May, the A220 has all the credentials to win the lion's share of the 100- to 150-seat aircraft market estimated to represent at least 7,000 aircraft over the next 20 years.
In a separate arrangement, Airbus and Delta have signed a non-binding memorandum of understanding for Delta TechOps to provide A220 component repair and material services for Airbus' A220 Flight Hour Services maintenance-by-the-hour program.
The new MTOW will increase the respective maximum range capabilities by 450nm to 3,400 nm for the A220-100 and 3,350nm for the A220-300.