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It features over 20,000 dots and Overall ambience of the aircraft commitment to reach net zero.
is the most complex livery Airbus is such that you think you have The A220 also provides an up
has ever completed for this air- far more room. to 50 per cent noise footprint
craft type. reduction compared with pre-
Sculpturing of the cabin and vious generation aircraft and
Everything about this huge windows give a real sense around 40 per cent less nitrogen
of spaciousness, while the
aircraft is impressive. overhead luggage bins are quite oxide emissions than industry
standards.”
The take-off was quiet large.
and swift and the A220 According to Airbus’s Australian The A220 is fitted with free Wi-Fi
for all passengers.
climbed to its cruise VP Stephen Forshaw, the
altitude in just over QantasLink A220 is “a really effi- The first A220 commercial
routes are Melbourne-Canberra,
cient aircraft using up to 25 per
17 minutes. cent less fuel burn per seat than Melbourne-Brisbane Melbourne-
the Boeing 717s they replace. Hobart, and Melbourne-Coffs
I was seated in an exit row which Harbour from October and
had ample legroom but the stan- “The Qantaslink A220s have Melbourne-Launceston in
dard seats are set at a 30-inch almost double the range of the November as more aircraft are
seat pitch, typical of regional 717 at over 6,000 kilometres, delivered.
jets that operate on short flights. giving them the ability to fly
However, the seats have an non-stop between any two desti-
18-inch width, wider than those nations in Australia,” Mr Forshaw Qantas has ordered 29
on the 717 and 737. said. of the A220 jets as part
Seats have dual USB A & C “The reduced fuel consump- of a huge commitment
charging ports and a clever tion means 25 per cent fewer to Airbus signed in May
drop-down tablet holder with an CO2 emissions per seat, help-
anti-slip mat. ing Qantas bring it closer to its 2022. That Airbus order
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