Delta A220 test flights

Delta Air Lines’ first A220-100 has started test flights from Mirabel, Quebec, after undertaking static tests, engine runs and ground taxiing and then carrying out first flight. Pre-delivery testing and cabin outfitting will continue before the jet is handed over to Delta by the end of 2018. Delta plans to put the A220 into service early in 2019, the airline being the first North American carrier to use the new airliner and the fourth overall after Swiss,

Air Baltic and Korean Air. Delta has ordered 75 examples with options for 50 more, the A220s replacing ageing MD-88s. By end2018, there were 45 A220s in service, Swiss having 25 examples (27 A220-300s and eight A220-100s), Korean eight A220-300s and Air Baltic 12 A220-300s.