The Qantas Group is adding new aircraft at a rapid pace across its airlines, particularly at regional carrier QantasLink, which is replacing its fleet of aging Boeing 717s with new Airbus A220s, the first of which entered service on March 1 this year. Today, Qantas announced its inaugural A220-operated flight on the Melbourne to Hobart route, bringing a new level of comfort and experience to the Apple Isle.
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Video: Should The Airbus A220 Get A 2nd Engine Option?
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- January 31, 2025
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the Airbus A220 has been having a pretty rough time staying out of the hangar and in the air where it belongs. Yes, we can be grateful that it has thus far managed to avoid the same levels of bad publicity and disaster as the Boeing 737 MAX, but A220 operators around the world are most definitely experiencing challenges with the type. This has very little to do with the avionics and airframe design, and is pretty much all about the engines powering the jet – the Pratt & Whitney PW1500G geared turbofan engine. So this prompts us to ask the question: Should the Airbus A220 get a 2nd engine option?