Air Baltic CE Says on track for A220 deliveries, as delays ease
AirBaltic, the largest European customer for Airbus’ A220, expects to have 14 of the 130-seat jets by year's end, as production issues and engine woes that once delayed deliveries have eased, the airline's CE said Tuesday. Latvian-based AirBaltic, launch customer for the larger version of the jet formerly called the CSeries, has already received 11 A220-300 planes and is on track to take the remaining 3 by year's end, CE Martin Gauss said. Bombardier said in April it was starting to make progress after wrestling with delivery delays because of an engine hold-up and general challenges as workers learned to make the 110-to-130 seat jet more efficiently. Air Baltic has 50 firm orders for the jet as part of a strategy to move to a harmonised fleet and boost traffic and revenue by 2025. <br/>
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Air Baltic CE Says on track for A220 deliveries, as delays ease
AirBaltic, the largest European customer for Airbus’ A220, expects to have 14 of the 130-seat jets by year's end, as production issues and engine woes that once delayed deliveries have eased, the airline's CE said Tuesday. Latvian-based AirBaltic, launch customer for the larger version of the jet formerly called the CSeries, has already received 11 A220-300 planes and is on track to take the remaining 3 by year's end, CE Martin Gauss said. Bombardier said in April it was starting to make progress after wrestling with delivery delays because of an engine hold-up and general challenges as workers learned to make the 110-to-130 seat jet more efficiently. Air Baltic has 50 firm orders for the jet as part of a strategy to move to a harmonised fleet and boost traffic and revenue by 2025. <br/>
