Summary The Airbus A220-100/A220-300 will operate 700+ routes in August. Domestic markets have more flights than international. Seoul Gimpo-Busan is the most-served airport pair, but Toronto-Montreal was first last August.
The Airbus A220 was initially called the Bombardier CSeries. The first variant, the CS100 (now the A220-100 ), entered service in July 2016, followed by the CS300 (now the A220-300 ) in December 2016. Eight years later, 19 airlines (along with governments, bizjet operators, etc.
) fly the A220, with 349 examples in use. However, EgyptAir's subfleet is stored and awaiting disposal. The most recent operator was Croatia Airlines, whose first A220-300 entered service on August 6, 2024 .
It followed QantasLink's first A220-300 revenue flight on March 1, 2024 . Will the type be the savior the airline hopes and needs it to be? Top 10 A220 routes: August 2024 When the A220-100 and A220-300 networks are examined, the type will operate 700+ domestic and international routes in August. That finding is based on examining every planned flight using data supplied by airlines to OAG .
Mainly thanks to Delta, JetBlue, and Breeze, the A220 has more domestic flights (an average of 644 daily) than international (610 daily). The latest order will result in airBaltic operating 90 Airbus A220-300 aircraft. The table below summarizes the world's most-served A220-operated airport pairs.
Seoul Gimpo-Busan, the short 176 nautical mile (327 km) intra-South Korean mainland route, is number one. It is one of seven domestic markets to feature. Want tickets? Get them here! August take-offs each way (daily range*) Airport pair Comments (about August only) % departures on the A220** 269 (six to nine) Seoul Gimpo-Busan Korean Air A220-300 42% 218 (four to eight) New York LaGuardia-Chicago O'Hare Delta A220-100/300 23% 201 (three to nine) Melbourne-Canberra QantasLink A220-300 52% 183 (four to six) Paris CDG-London Heathrow Air France A220-300 46% 182 (four to seven) New York JFK-Boston Delta A220-100, JetBlue A220-300 39% 171 (three to six) New York LaGuardia-Dallas/Fort Worth; click here to fly! Delta A220-100 30% 153 (four to seven) Zurich-Paris CDG Air France A220-300, SWISS A220-100/300 71% 150 (four to five) Geneva-London Heathrow SWISS A220-100/A220-300 44% 149 (three to five) Salt Lake City-Orange County Delta A220-100 (A220-300 occasionally) 100% 136 (two to seven) Toronto Pearson-Montreal Air Canada A220-300 22% * Even if just once ** All aircraft and airlines on airport pair Significant changes versus last August In August 2023, Toronto Pearson-Montreal was the world's most-served A220 route.
While it then had 309 monthly take-offs each way on Air Canada's 137-seat A220-300s (shown below), it now has fewer than half on that equipment. To compensate, the A319, A320, and 737 MAX 8 are used more than they were. Three airport pairs have fallen out of the top 10: Toronto-Ottawa (fourth last year; Air Canada), Toronto-New York LaGuardia (eighth; Air Canada), and Boston-Raleigh Durham (ninth; Delta and JetBlue).
Melbourne-Canberra, New York JFK-Boston, and Zurich-Paris CDG have all entered the top 10. The decline of Air Canada-operated routes reflects its A220 flights falling by 30% compared to last August. According to ch-aviation , eight aircraft are currently grounded due to problems with the type's Pratt & Whitney PW1500G geared turbofan (GTF) engines, which can take several months to resolve.
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