One could be forgiven for wondering where the Airbus A220 suddenly came from.
Normally new aircraft models are years in the planning, designing, and marketing.
The Airbus A220 is obviously a departure from the normal naming convention adopted by Airbus
since their first success story the A300.
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And in today's video, we are going to talk about “Airbus A220 Is The 737 KILLER.”
So without any further ado, Let's begin.
In the more than fifty years of its existence, the Boeing 737 has evolved from a stumpy little
twin-jet airliner into a family of high-performance and versatile jet transports.
The Boeing 737 family is the most successful airliner lineage in the world.
The family consists of three generations of aircraft.
The earliest was the Boeing 737 Original (which included the Boeing 737-100, -200, and -200
Advanced), followed by the Boeing 737 Classic series (including the Boeing 737-300, -400,
and -500) and the Boeing 737 Next Generation, or Boeing 737 NG (including the Boeing 737-600,
-700, -800 and -900).
The A220 Family comprises two models, the A220-100 and A220-300.
Built to compete with the Airbus A320neo, the 737 Max is a family of commercial aircraft
that consists of four models.
The Boeing 737 MAX passenger airliner was grounded worldwide between March 2019 and
December 2020 – after 346 people died in two crashes, Lion Air Flight 610 on October
29, 2018, and Ethiopian Airlines Flight 302 on March 10, 2019.
In the first crash, on Oct. 29, 2018, Lion Air flight 610 dove into the Java Sea 13 minutes
after takeoff from Jakarta, Indonesia, killing 189 people.
The second crash occurred on March 10, 2019, when Ethiopian Airlines flight 302 departed
Addis Ababa Bole International Airport bound for Nairobi, Kenya.
The U.S. Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) resisted grounding the aircraft until March
13, 2019, when it received evidence of accident similarities.
American Airlines resumed flights on Dec. 29 with a Max flight between Miami and New
York LaGuardia.
The Airbus A220-100 (previously Bombardier CS100) jetliner is a single-aisle, long-range
passenger aircraft developed by Bombardier Aerospace.
The CS100 can accommodate 100 to 125 passengers based on the seating configuration.
As the larger member of the A220 Family, the A220-300 is perfectly tailored for the 120-160
seat market.
It represents the fusion of performance and technology, allowing airlines to connect distant
points on continents and route sectors that were previously unprofitable or impossible
to perform.
The A220-300’s advanced aerodynamics, combined with specifically-designed Pratt & Whitney
PurePower PW1500G geared turbofan engines, contribute to an aircraft that delivers 25%
lower fuel burn per seat than previous generation aircraft, with half the noise footprint and
decreased emissions, making it a true community-minded jetliner.
The Boeing 737-800 is part of the 737 Next Generation designation.
Introduced in 1997, the Boeing 737 Next-Generation aircraft offered significant internal upgrades
and greater fuel efficiency than the classic generation aircraft before them.
The Boeing 737-800’s longer fuselage makes it significantly more spacious, both in terms
of passenger space and cargo.
One might expect this to come at the detriment of range.
But at 2,935 nm, the 737-800’s range is not that much less than the 737-600, -700,
and -900ER, which are 3,235 nm, 3,010 nm, and 2,950 nm respectively.
The Airbus A220-100 can reach a range of up to 6,390 km / 3,450 NM.
Meanwhile, the A220-300 can reach a range of up to 6,297 km / 3,400 NM.
As with the smaller A220-100 version, the A220-300’s configurable cabin provides two
flex zones, allowing operators to benefit from fully customizable modular cabin elements
such as stowage areas and partitions, based on their specific needs.
The twinjet features fly-by-wire flight controls, a carbon composite wing, an aluminum-lithium
fuselage, and optimized aerodynamics for better fuel efficiency.
The aircraft family offers maximum take-off weights from 63.1 to 70.9 t (139,000 to 156,000
lb).
Both launch operators recorded better-than-expected fuel burn and dispatch reliability, as well
as positive feedback from passengers and crew.
As of April 2022, the global A220 fleet had completed more than 540,000 flights over 840,000
block hours without accidents.
The 737-100/200 original variants were powered by Pratt & Whitney JT8D low-bypass engines
and offered seating for 85 to 130 passengers.
The 737 Next Generation (NG) -600/700/800/900 variants have updated CFM56-7s, a larger wing,
and an upgraded glass cockpit, and seat 108 to 215 passengers.
As of April 2022, 15,146 Boeing 737s have been ordered and 10,992 delivered.
Initially, its main competitor was the McDonnell Douglas DC-9, followed by its MD-80/MD-90
derivatives.
In 2013, the global 737 fleets had completed more than 184 million flights over 264 million
block hours since its entry into service.
The interior layout of the A220 cabin was an exciting challenge for the Airbus teams
to make it alluring for customers.
"In a ground mock-up, the cabin interior must be adaptive and versatile.
The cabin provides passengers with wide seats and generous personal space for a super comfortable
experience.
The extra-large windows with more than one at each row, provide optimal viewing and an
abundance of natural light.
Wide seats of over 18 inches provide generous personal space and the newly-designed engines
contribute to the quiet cabin.
The lower deck cargo hold enables maximum efficient stacking, resulting in significantly
high usable volume.
The Boeing 737 is configured in a six abreast seating arrangement, with three on either
side of the aisle.
In its inception, the Boeing 737 was competing with many airliners which had five abreast
seating configurations with two on one side and three on the other of the aisle.
The cabin can be accessed by four doors.
One on each side immediately behind the cockpit, and one on either side at the very rear of
the cabin.
Two overwing emergency exits on each side of the cabin consist of removable hatches
slightly larger than the windows they encompass which can be removed and thrown out of the
cabin.
At first, the 737 was called the “square” airplane because it was as long as it was
wide.
The new technology made the position of flight engineer redundant; the 737’s two-person
flight deck became standard among air carriers.
The 737 MAX’s more efficient structural design, lower engine thrust, and less required
maintenance are designed to give customers substantial cost savings.
The 737 MAX will incorporate the latest quiet engine technology to reduce the operational
noise footprint, and emissions will be approximately 50 percent below the International Civil Aviation
Organization’s (ICAO) Committee on Aviation Environmental Protection (CAEP)/6 limits for
nitrogen oxides (NOx).
The controls of the super-modern aircraft bear little resemblance to the clunky mechanisms
found in older planes though -- the A220-300 is fully digital.
Its state-of-the-art touchscreens more closely resemble something from a spacecraft than
an airplane.
"It's a full glass cockpit," says Ramcke, gesturing around the flight deck.
"No round dial instruments anymore.
All of the data is projected onto these screens."
The A220's Flight Management System is a computer system that automates a wide range of inflight
tasks.
It can determine the aircraft's position and, in line with the flight plan, calculate the
course the aircraft needs to follow -- a very smart autopilot.
Meanwhile, the Flight Control System connects the side stick, the throttles, and the pedals,
which the pilot uses to maneuver the craft.
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