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Post by dofd on Jan 1, 2017 1:41:31 GMT -8
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Post by dofd on Sept 9, 2017 2:21:39 GMT -8
Swiss retires the last 146.
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Post by Starsteward on Sept 9, 2017 7:50:11 GMT -8
Swiss retires the last 146. How cute was that!  Very creative, great little story line along with all the moving parts along the way and effective use of the lighting system. Congrats to 'Swiss' for a very thoughtful send-off, well done! Thanks dofd for posting. |
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Post by dofd on Sept 12, 2017 8:55:37 GMT -8
Yes, I liked it. I have only been on a BAE/Avro once when AirBC had them. Chances of flying on a C-series will be little unless Delta starts flying them out of YVR. (not that I book Delta, but might if they do)
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Post by dofd on Sept 18, 2017 1:02:48 GMT -8
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Post by Kahloke on Dec 23, 2019 10:01:12 GMT -8
Air Canada just took delivery of its first Airbus A220-300, formerly Bombardier CS300. Whether Airbus or Bombardier, it was still built in Quebec, and it's North America's first 300 series A220, the longer of the two variants. Delta Airlines was the first North American operator to receive the A220; in their case, the smaller A220-100 model, some of which are based in Seattle. They've been getting good reviews and I think may outperform Embraer in many key areas. The A220 will be a good addition to Air Canada's fleet. Here is the official Airbus press release: www.airbus.com/newsroom/press-releases/en/2019/12/air-canada-takes-delivery-of-its-first-a220.htmlInteresting side in the press release: Air Canada announced they will be flying Montreal to Seattle using the A220. That's a flight I would surely love to do some day. |
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Post by Mike C on Dec 24, 2019 9:54:17 GMT -8
Air Canada just took delivery of its first Airbus A220-300, formerly Bombardier CS300. Whether Airbus or Bombardier, it was still built in Quebec, and it's North America's first 300 series A220, the longer of the two variants. Delta Airlines was the first North American operator to receive the A220; in their case, the smaller A220-100 model, some of which are based in Seattle. They've been getting good reviews and I think may outperform Embraer in many key areas. The A220 will be a good addition to Air Canada's fleet. Here is the official Airbus press release: www.airbus.com/newsroom/press-releases/en/2019/12/air-canada-takes-delivery-of-its-first-a220.htmlInteresting side in the press release: Air Canada announced they will be flying Montreal to Seattle using the A220. That's a flight I would surely love to do some day. AC’s experiences with the E190 were not positive in their roughly decade long run in the fleet. My recollection is that they swapped several of them for A320s over the years due to their poor performance, and I don’t believe they have any left. AC Express still operates E175s in several locations in the east, on the large urban centre short-haul commuters, but they don’t operate in the west. Looking forward to seeing the A220 in the west! |
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Post by Kahloke on Dec 24, 2019 10:11:36 GMT -8
AC’s experiences with the E190 were not positive in their roughly decade long run in the fleet. My recollection is that they swapped several of them for A320s over the years due to their poor performance, and I don’t believe they have any left. AC Express still operates E175s in several locations in the east, on the large urban centre short-haul commuters, but they don’t operate in the west. Looking forward to seeing the A220 in the west! It seems a lot of airlines are ditching the first generation Embraer 190's. The next generation E2's (175 & 195) should compete better - they have bigger engines among other improvements. I must admit, I've never flown on any of the Embraer 170/190 series jets. Alaska (Horizon) operates a bunch of the 175's, but I haven't flown on a Horizon flight for years. We're going down to San Francisco for a long weekend in February and I'm kind of kicking myself for not going with Delta. That would have gotten me on an A220-100, but Alaska was offering good fare deals when I looked, so we're doing Alaska instead - 737-900's both ways. Oh well. I'll eventually try the A220. |
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Post by Brandon S on May 30, 2020 1:56:48 GMT -8
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Post by Kahloke on May 30, 2020 6:39:41 GMT -8
A couple of CSeries (A220) photos from when I was in Calgary back in February. Great photos! Flying on an A220 is a goal of mine at some point. From Seattle, my home base airport, that wouldn't be too difficult. It would be with Delta or Air Canada. Delta flies the A220-100 to various west coast cities from Seattle, and Air Canada now has direct Seattle -Montreal service on their new A220-300. I would love to do that flight someday. We'll see how it all shakes out in the wake of COVID; ie. whether they keep that flight or not. In any case, I'm not too comfortable with the idea of getting on a plane for the next couple of years, at least. It's a good thing I don't have to travel for my work. |
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Post by Brandon S on May 30, 2020 13:18:14 GMT -8
A couple of CSeries (A220) photos from when I was in Calgary back in February. Great photos! Flying on an A220 is a goal of mine at some point. From Seattle, my home base airport, that wouldn't be too difficult. It would be with Delta or Air Canada. Delta flies the A220-100 to various west coast cities from Seattle, and Air Canada now has direct Seattle -Montreal service on their new A220-300. I would love to do that flight someday. We'll see how it all shakes out in the wake of COVID; ie. whether they keep that flight or not. In any case, I'm not too comfortable with the idea of getting on a plane for the next couple of years, at least. It's a good thing I don't have to travel for my work. Thanks! I'm hoping to get on one sometime next year. Possibly YYC-YYZ and then come back on the WestJet 787. All depends on timing and how airfare prices are post-Covid. |
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Post by Olympic Ferries on Jun 10, 2020 15:50:02 GMT -8
Having flown one of these myself recently, the A220 has no rival in the Delta short/medium-haul fleet in terms of comfort and cabin spaciousness overall. I'm pretty glad that (for now, unfortunately) Delta remains the only operator of the type to Seattle, flying the A220-100 variant to places like SFO and DEN, with the A220-300 variant expected to enter service late this year on routes from Seattle that are currently to-be-announced. Lots of current Delta Connection services to Seattle are getting upgraded to A220 service so glad to see that it is definitely a suitable Embraer replacement, here at least. Glad I finally got to see one up close out on the ramp this morning taxiing for departure, they definitely rock a different kind of look.
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Post by Kahloke on Jun 10, 2020 18:54:03 GMT -8
Having flown one of these myself recently, the A220 has no rival in the Delta short/medium-haul fleet in terms of comfort and cabin spaciousness overall. I'm pretty glad that (for now, unfortunately) Delta remains the only operator of the type to Seattle, flying the A220-100 variant to places like SFO and DEN, with the A220-300 variant expected to enter service late this year on routes from Seattle that are currently to-be-announced. Lots of current Delta Connection services to Seattle are getting upgraded to A220 service so glad to see that it is definitely a suitable Embraer replacement, here at least. Glad I finally got to see one up close out on the ramp this morning taxiing for departure, they definitely rock a different kind of look. Nice photo. With air travel so disrupted these days, and the US/ Canada border closed, I'm guessing Air Canada's new Seattle (SEA) - Montreal (YUL) service has been delayed. That would have been the other airline to operate the A220 out of Seattle. Along with introducing the route, they were going to fly it with the new A220-300. It will be interesting to see if the service actually happens at all now. |
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Post by Olympic Ferries on Jun 10, 2020 20:01:57 GMT -8
Having flown one of these myself recently, the A220 has no rival in the Delta short/medium-haul fleet in terms of comfort and cabin spaciousness overall. I'm pretty glad that (for now, unfortunately) Delta remains the only operator of the type to Seattle, flying the A220-100 variant to places like SFO and DEN, with the A220-300 variant expected to enter service late this year on routes from Seattle that are currently to-be-announced. Lots of current Delta Connection services to Seattle are getting upgraded to A220 service so glad to see that it is definitely a suitable Embraer replacement, here at least. Glad I finally got to see one up close out on the ramp this morning taxiing for departure, they definitely rock a different kind of look. Nice photo. With air travel so disrupted these days, and the US/ Canada border closed, I'm guessing Air Canada's new Seattle (SEA) - Montreal (YUL) service has been delayed. That would have been the other airline to operate the A220 out of Seattle. Along with introducing the route, they were going to fly it with the new A220-300. It will be interesting to see if the service actually happens at all now. The YUL service is removed from the schedule until further notice, and I don't know if they plan to re-introduce it or not yet. |
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Post by Olympic Ferries on Oct 7, 2020 9:45:23 GMT -8
Delta looks poised to introduce their larger A220 variant, the A220-300 (A223) on flights from Salt Lake City (SLC) to Houston-Bush (IAH) starting on Novenber 12th, operating 1 of the 3 flights on the route a day as Delta 223. They also plan to launch flights from Salt Lake City to Austin, TX and Sacramento and San Jose in California on the type later in the month. N302DU will be the first aircraft to enter the fleet of this type.
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Post by Olympic Ferries on Nov 22, 2020 12:11:12 GMT -8
Delta has currently taken delivery of 4 new Airbus A220-300 jets, one of which is currently in service between Salt Lake City and Houston starting last week. Future routes with the other planes are Salt Lake City to Austin, San Jose, CA and Sacramento, CA. They are identical to their -100 variant, with some additional Main Cabin and Comfort+ seats, adding to the capacity overall. Can't wait to see them in service in Seattle (hopefully). For anyone interested, N302DU is currently the only frame of the variant in service, if you want to track its flights. N303DU, N304DU and N305DU are currently in Atlanta undergoing final service checks and should enter service by year's end on the aforementioned additional services from SLC.
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Post by Kahloke on Apr 22, 2024 4:45:12 GMT -8
I finally got to ride on an A220. We flew KSEA (Seattle) to KIAD (Washington Dulles) last week on a Delta A220-300. For the two of us, I really liked the 2+3 seating arrangement, so we could get a window and an aisle with no dreaded middle seat. I thought it was a comfortable plane and it handled the 5 hour flight just as well as larger aircraft. The only uncomfortable part was the 35 minutes of constant turbulence on the descent and approach to Dulles, but that wouldn't have been any better on another plane. Our A220-300 at the gate at SEA  Another A220-300 parked next to us  Lastly, I shot videos of our taxi and takeoff at SEA, and then the landing at IAD. Unfortunately, the window I was at was somewhat dirty, so there are blurry spots throughout the video that I couldn't do anything about. |
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