Airbus delivers first US-manufactured A220

On 22 October Airbus celebrated the first delivery of an US-manufactured A220. The happy customer to receive this aircraft was Delta Air Lines.

The assembly line is located at Airbus' US-site at Mobile (AL), that is also producing A320-family aircraft. Groundbreaking for the A220-line took place in January 2019 and production started in August last year. This first A220-300 flew for the first time in June of this year.

The aircraft, A220-300 N302DU, is also the first A220-300 for Delta Air Lines, which already has 32 A220-100s in the fleet. In total the airline has ordered 95 A220s, making it the largest customer for the type.