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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) Más...Sort type: [Top] [Newest]
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.
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).
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