ITA Airways Incoming Airbus A220 Fleet: What We Know So Far

• ITA Airways

  IATA/ICAO Code:

  AZ/ITY

  Airline Kind:

  Full Service Service

  Hub(s):

  Rome Fiumicino Airport

  Yr Based:

  2020

  Alliance:

  SkyTeam

  CEO:

  Fabio Lazzerini

  Nation:

  Italy

It’s been a few 12 months since ITA Airways introduced that it might be putting a serious order with Airbus. Together with A320neo household plane and each the A330neo and A350-900, the service dedicated to 23 A220s. The service has taken supply of quite a few A350s over the summer time however notably acquired its first A220-300 in the beginning of September. With this in thoughts, let’s check out the place issues stand for the smallest member of the ITA Airways fleet.

First A220 delivered

The very first ITA Airbus A220, now registered EI-HHI, has been delivered to ITA Airways. The flight to Italy passed off on September 2nd, 2022, flying from Toulouse to Naples. In fact, as many aviation lovers may already know, Toulouse shouldn’t be one in every of Airbus’ A220 meeting amenities. Quite, the jet departed Airbus Canada’s A220 amenities in Mirabel (Quebec) on August twenty sixth, flying for seven hours and 39 minutes transatlantic to Toulouse as per FlightRadar24.com knowledge. After spending a few week on the bottom in France, the jet took off for its new residence in Italy.

In line with AIB Household Flights, EI-HHI was initially assigned check registration C-FOWU (MSN 55168), and was first noticed on July eighth. The plane then had two check flights in Canada on July eighth and July 14th, with its third flight being the lengthy journey to Toulouse. Together with the ferry flight, the plane racked up a complete of almost 13 and a half hours of air time earlier than supply.

A220 providers aren’t ever so long as the ferry flight that took the plane throughout the Atlantic. Among the many longest A220 providers is Air Austral’s six-hour and 10 minute service from Reunion-Chennai. jetBlue’s was to function an A220 service between Boston and San Jose however this doesn’t seem to have materialized. With a powerful flight time of seven hours and 39 minutes, the A220-300 is barely able to such nice lengths when working as a ferry flight, with out passengers.

Air-Journal.fr notes that the plane was delivered in a plain white livery, indicating {that a} correct paint job has but to happen. The French media outlet additionally signifies that inside configuration has but to happen, nor has the airline launched any particulars on the way it will match out its A220 cabins.

ITA Airways’ 2nd Airbus A220-300 on the way in which

ITA Airways already has one other Airbus A220 nearing supply. Certainly, AIB Household Flights notes that the plane with check registration C-FOVH (MSN 55176) took its first flight on September 2nd, and its second check flight on September seventh.

This specific A220-300 has already racked up six hours of air time throughout its two check flights. If we assume issues will go in addition to they did with ITA’s first A220, then maybe the supply of this 2nd jet will likely be happening fairly quickly.

When will these plane enter service?

Sadly, it might nonetheless be just a few months earlier than any common passengers get to step aboard an ITA Airways A220. In line with Air-Journal.fr, the primary A220s will enter service with the airline in early 2023.

Whereas ITA Airways has been rising its fleet shortly in latest months, the service has a lot, far more to sit up for. The A220-300s can even be joined by a variety of A220-100s, in addition to plane from the A320neo and A330neo households.

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Sources: FlightRadar24.com, AIB Household Flights, Planespotters.web, Air-Journal.fr