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Because you need, either to pay for it, either to be in the SB effectivity, either to raise an EO to validate the modification.
There's no emergency AD so many different possibilities...

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Pratt & Whitney says airlines have completed one round of checks triggered by engine failures on the A220 and have found no faults.
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TLspotting wrote: 10 Jul 2019, 09:09
Wonder if they have an all white one for Air Sinai's Tel Aviv route which the aircraft is to be used on as well.

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According to Sylvain Faust, Airbus is working with Bombardier to develop new A220/CSeries versions.
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Airbus and Nigeria-based Green Africa Airways announce strategic partnership with MoU for 50 A220-300 aircraft

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Airbus and the Government of Québec become sole owners of the A220 Programme as Bombardier completes its strategic exit from Commercial Aviation

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globetrotter wrote: 15 Dec 2019, 17:45
TLspotting wrote: 10 Jul 2019, 09:09
Wonder if they have an all white one for Air Sinai's Tel Aviv route which the aircraft is to be used on as well.
As expected https://www.flightradar24.com/data/flights/4d55

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Airbus is pushing suppliers on its A220 programme to renegotiate contracts and reduce the price of parts to help slash costs and turn the model profitable.
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Air France to be delivered of their A220-300 from Q4 2021.
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AirBaltic has started talks with Airbus to accelerate handovers of its A220. The existing plan to assemble a fleet of 50 A220s by 2025 could come to fruition a couple of years early.
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5th A223 of Air Canada, C-GJXW made its first pre-delivery flight. It is the first flight since 22 March 2020.
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Airbus Americas CEO Jeff Knittel downplayed the priority of the A220-500 as the company is in cash preservation mode due to the pandemic.
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TLspotting wrote: 06 Oct 2020, 14:39
https://www.aviation24.be/manufacturers ... iness-jet/
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Air Vanuatu will have its procurement of four A220s examined by the new government, who wants to understand the reasoning for the deal. The government plans to now only buy two A220s, with the delivery dates are delayed.
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Gulf Air (the national airline of Bahrain) has cancelled its dormant order for 10 A220-100s that it placed nearly a decade ago.
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First Airbus A220 for Air Austral and probably the first one for a French airline, if Air Austral takes delivery of this aircraft before Air France:

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Israir plans to convert to an A220 fleet, now that the airline is under new management. Currently, the airline operates a fleet of four A320s and three ATR42-500s, which will be replaced by seven A220s.
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