The Air France–Kungiyar KLM, ta sanya hannu kan yarjejeniyar fahimtar juna (MoU) na 60 Airbus Jirgin A220-300 don sabunta jiragensa. Ta hanyar samun mafi inganci da fasahar kere-kere ta masana'antu, jirgin saman zai ci gajiyar raguwar ƙona mai da hayaƙin CO2. Wadannan A220s an yi niyyar sarrafa su ta Air France.
Benjamin Smith, Shugaba na Kamfanin Air France-KLM ya ce "Samun wadannan sabbin A220-300 sun yi daidai da tsarin sabuntar jiragen ruwa na Air France-KLM gaba daya." “Wannan jirgin yana nuna ingantaccen aiki da ingantaccen tattalin arziki kuma yana ba mu damar ƙara inganta sawun muhalinmu albarkacin ƙarancin man fetur na A220 da rage fitar da hayaki. Har ila yau, an daidaita shi daidai da hanyar sadarwa ta gida da ta Turai kuma zai ba da damar Air France yin aiki yadda ya kamata a kan gajerun hanyoyinsa da matsakaita."
"Abin alfahari ne ga Airbus cewa Air France, abokin ciniki mai kima na dogon lokaci, ya amince da sabon memba na danginmu, A220, don shirye-shiryen sabunta jiragen ruwa.", Guillaume Faury, Babban Jami'in Airbus. "Mun himmatu wajen tallafawa Air France tare da A220 ta hanyar kawo sabbin fasahohi, matakan inganci, da fa'idodin muhalli. Mun yi farin cikin shiga wannan haɗin gwiwa kuma muna sa ran ganin A220 yana tashi a cikin launukan Air France. "
A220 shine kawai manufar jirgin sama da aka gina don kasuwar wurin zama 100-150; yana ba da ingantaccen man fetur da ba za a iya doke shi ba da kuma jin daɗin fasinja a cikin jirgin sama mai hanya ɗaya. A220 ya haɗu da na'urorin fasaha na zamani, kayan haɓakawa da injunan turbofan na Pratt & Whitney na baya-bayan nan na PW1500G don ba da aƙalla kashi 20 cikin 220 ƙananan ƙonewa a kowane wurin zama idan aka kwatanta da jirgin sama na baya. Jirgin AXNUMX yana ba da aikin manyan jiragen sama guda ɗaya.
A halin yanzu, Air France na aiki da tarin jiragen Airbus 144.
Tare da littafin odar jirage 551 har zuwa karshen watan Yunin 2019, A220 na da dukkan bayanan da za ta iya lashe kaso mafi tsoka na kasuwar jiragen sama mai kujeru 100 zuwa 150, wanda aka kiyasta zai wakilci jirage 7,000 a cikin shekaru 20 masu zuwa.
