This article describes sales, lists orders and deliveries for the Airbus A220 family aircraft currently in production by Airbus Canada Limited Partnership (ACLP), a joint venture between Airbus and Investissement Québec.
The five-abreast narrow-body airliner was marketed as Bombardier CSeries prior to its acquisition by Airbus in 2018 and has since been marketed as the Airbus A220. The small variant A220-100 (formerly CS100) competes with the Embraer E195-E2, while the longer variant A220-300 (formerly CS300) complements the Airbus A319neo in competing against the Boeing 737-700 and yet to be certified 737 MAX 7.
Sales
Bombardier CSeries
On 13 July 2008, on the eve of the opening of the Farnborough Airshow, Lufthansa became launch customer of the CSeries, with a letter of intent for 60 aircraft, including 30 options, at a US$46.7 million list price. In December 2009, United Airlines expressed interest in using the CS100 and CS300 for replacing its aging 737-300 and 737-500 aircraft, however a future order is unlikely as airline has made orders for the Airbus A319-100 and the Boeing 737-800. In March 2010, easyJet stated that the company was having "ongoing discussions with Bombardier regarding its CSeries, but the airline had since ordered the Airbus A320-200 and A320neo. On 21 June 2011, at the Paris Air Show, South Korea's flag carrier, Korean Air, agreed to purchase ten CS300, with an option to purchase ten more and acquire rights to another ten aircraft.
2016
On 17 February 2016, Air Canada signed a Letter of Intent (LOI) with Bombardier for up to 75 CS300 aircraft as part of its narrowbody fleet renewal plan. This comprised 45 firm orders, plus options for an additional 30 aircraft. It includes substitution rights to CS100 aircraft in certain circumstances, with deliveries to occur from late 2019 to 2022. The $3.8 billion order for 45 CS300 aircraft was finalized on 28 June 2016. On 14 April, Bombardier shares were at a six-month high based on then-unconfirmed rumours that Delta Air Lines had ordered the CSeries. On 28 April, finally, Bombardier and Delta announced a sale for 75 CS100 firm orders and 50 options; the first aircraft was to enter service in spring 2018. Airways News believed that a substantial 65 to 70% discount off the $71.8 million list price was provided making the final sale at $24.6–28.7 million price per aircraft; this large order from a major carrier could help Bombardier to break the Boeing/Airbus duopoly on narrow-body aircraft. With 127 firm orders in early 2016, introduction was to be with a firm backlog of more than 300 orders and up to 800 aircraft including options, conditional orders, LOI and purchase rights; they implied an onerous contract provision of around $500 million, which equates to $ million per order.
2017
At the November 2017 Dubai Air Show, the state-owned flag carrier Egyptair announced a LOI for 12 CS300s and 12 options. Bombardier previously received a LOI for 31 firm orders and 30 options from an unidentified European carrier. The two orders were to be finalised by the end of 2017, but only EgyptAir signed firm order for 12 CS300s with list price of around $1.1 billion on 29 December 2017, making the total orders 372 CSeries in 2017, in addition to the 115 commitments, 90 options and 18 purchase rights already held.
2018
By 2018, the unit costs of a 100 and 300 series were US$81 m and US$91.5 m. In March 2018, it was stated that Garuda Indonesia wanted to order the CS300 as a replacement for the Bombardier CRJ-1000. On 28 May 2018, the Latvia flag carrier airBaltic announced a firm order for 30 CS300 along with 15 options and 15 purchase rights.
Airbus A220
2018
After the partnership took effect on 1 July 2018, the main stakeholder Airbus assisted in marketing and servicing of the aircraft. On 10 July 2018, hours after the CSeries programme was renamed A220, JetBlue Airways ordered 60 A220-300s (former CS300) to replace its 60 Embraer 190s from 2020 with 40% lower fuel burn per seat, a blow to Embraer which was marketing the E195-E2 to the carrier. Priced at $5.4 billion before customary discounts, they should be delivered from Mobile, Alabama, some could be converted to the A220-100 (former CS100) and 60 options are pending from 2025. JetBlue found the two models very close economically, as the A220-300 fuel seat cost is 40% lower than its current E190 and operating cost per seat excluding fuel are 22% lower.