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airBaltic Flies Nearly 7 Hour Airbus A220 Aid Flight
Commercial passenger airlines all over the world are contributing their resources in the fight against the COVID-19 pandemic. airBaltic is no exception to this. Yesterday, the carrier flew one of its Airbus A220-300s from Riga (Latvia) to Urumqi (China) to transport vital medical supplies which will be used in Latvia. (simpleflying.com) Altro...
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Congrats on this big step! Testing the limits of such a small aircraft
Before the COVID emergency airBaltic was flying an A220-300 Riga-Abu Dhabi Route nonstop 4,350km. Riga-Urumqi is not much further: 4,550km. Both well within the plane’s range capability: 6,204km (Wikipedia says).
The Air Baltic to Riga delivery flight is typically 8 hours.
If Airbus can increase cruise speed 30-40 knots, on par with the 737 Max and keep the economy it becomes a stronger candidate for longer routed including transatlantic routes
If Airbus can increase cruise speed 30-40 knots, on par with the 737 Max and keep the economy it becomes a stronger candidate for longer routed including transatlantic routes
Chris B, are you sure of a difference of 30 to 40 knots? For the B737MAX I found 453kn, for the A220 447kn.
Delivery flights are empty, but this flight was loaded with emergency supplies, this has to be taken in account.
