Qantas, kambani yenyika yeAustralia, yakagamuchira ndege yayo yekutanga yeA220 kubva kuchizvarwa chitsva chakatevedzana, ichiiita iyo yechi20 mushandisi weiyi modhi yendege. Iyi chaiyo ndege inotangisa kutanga kweQantas Group kurongeka kwe29 A220s iyo ichashandiswa neQantasLink, ndege yavo yedunhu inoshandira madhorobha nemaruwa muAustralia.

Iyo ndege, yakashongedzwa neyakasiyana livery yakafemerwa neAboriginal artwork, yakagadzirirwa kusiya mutsara weAirbus musangano muMirabel munguva pfupi. Ichaendeswa nendege kuSydney kuti iendeswe, ichimira munzira muVancouver, Honolulu, uye Nadi.

Iyo QantasLink 717 zvikepe zvichabviswa uye kutsiviwa neiyo Airbus A220 ndege. Nekugona kubhururuka zvakapetwa kaviri chinhambwe, iyo A220 inogona kupa isingamisiki yekubatanidza pakati pechero mapoinzi maviri muAustralia. Pamusoro pezvo, iyo A220 inounza kuderera kunoshamisa kwe25% mukushandiswa kwemafuta uye kuburitsa kabhoni kana ichienzaniswa nemhando dzendege dzekare.

Iyo A220 inokunda kirasi yayo nekabhini hombe, zvigaro, uye mahwindo, ichipa vafambi nekunyaradza kwakasiyana. Qantas ichange iine zvigaro zana nemakumi matatu nezvinomwe mumaA137s avo, zvakakamurwa kuita makirasi maviri: zvigaro gumi mubhizinesi uye zvigaro zana nemakumi maviri nenomwe muhupfumi.

Iyo A220 indege yepamusoro yakarongedzerwa zvigaro zvekugara kubva pa100 kusvika ku150. Inomira kunze seyo yakanyanya kutema-kumucheto ndege mukirasi yayo saizi. Yakashongedzerwa neinjini dzemhando yepamusoro dzePratt & Whitney GTF, inokwanisa kubhururuka kusvika 3,450 nautical mamaira kana makiromita 6,390 pasina kudiwa kwekuwedzerwa mafuta.

Kufanana nedzimwe ndege dzeAirbus, iyo A220 parizvino inogona kushandisa anosvika makumi mashanu muzana Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF). Pakazosvika 50, Airbus inoronga kuona kuti ndege dzayo dzese dzinogona kushanda dzichishandisa 2030% SAF.