Qantas has welcomed home the first Airbus A220-300 with the arrival of the aircraft in Sydney on Wednesday afternoon local time. It marks a new chapter for the Australian airline, which has 29 A220s on order to replace the aging Boeing 717 fleet on the domestic network.
There seem to be some similarities in the arrival of newly delivered aircraft that are white and green. Just like the first Airbus A321neo for Transavia in Amsterdam on Tuesday, the Qantas A220 arrived in Sydney in not the most ideal weather. The aircraft had to fight gusty winds and rain but made it safely to the ground.
The A220 was delivered to Qantas on Friday, December 15, and departed Montreal Mirabel on the 16th for a four-leg journey Down Under. The first one was to the West to Vancouver, where the aircraft stayed for the night. Next was the trip to Honolulu, where she landed after almost six hours on Sunday afternoon. From Honolulu, it was a 6-hour 47-minute flight to Nadi on Monday. After a stay-over on Tuesday, the Airbus
continued for the final leg from Nadi to Sydney, arriving there after 4 hours and 26 minutes.
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