WHY IT RATES: Air France marked a milestone by receiving its 50th A220 and 40th A350, enhancing fleet renewal efforts to decarbonize and modernize, with investment over €1 billion annually and aiming ...

Airbus hopes that the A220 will dominate its competition.

Thierry Dubois has specialized in aerospace journalism since 1997. An engineer in fluid dynamics from Toulouse-based Enseeiht, he covers the French commercial aviation, defense and space industries.

The idea of a stretched version of the Airbus A220 is getting more public support from key customers. “The A220-500 would be very interesting,” Air Canada’s CFO John Di Bert said at the International ...