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October 21, 2020 - by Sylvain Faust for www.fliegerfaust.com

Updated October 22, 2020 - 11:00am (15:00 UTC) - see end of article of updated aircraft delivery details

The first delivery of an Airbus A220 aircraft made in the USA will be happening tomorrow, October 22.

This A220-300 (CSeries CS300) made at the latest A220 factory located in the United States of America has been built and tested and accepted for delivery by Delta Air Lines.

All previous A220 aircraft (and Bombardier CSeries) aircraft have so far been made and delivered from the original CSeries factory located in Mirabel, Quebec, Canada. This A220, manufacturer serial number (MSN) 55070 (the 70^th A220-300 produced) is the first A220 made and delivered from another factory.

Read also "Video: AIRBUS 1st A220/CSeries Assembled In Mobile, Alabama - But..."

Contrary to what we read about Delta Air Lines not taking any more deliveries of new aircraft until 2022, Delta is to take delivery of this aircraft from Mobile, Alabama tomorrow around 15h00 (3pm) local time, or 20h00 UTC.

Another A220-300 was supposed to be the first (MSN 55069) but technical problems during its assembly made Airbus decide to put it aside for full inspection.

As I wrote a year ago on September 23 on Fliegerfaust.com (read here), a false fire alarm caused this aircraft to be foamed. The foam being a very corrosive product did create a layer of oxidation on the A220 fuselage left without the protection since not yet painted.

Airbus came to the conclusion that the whole fuselage/wiring/etc. of this A220 aircraft had to be totally analyzed/reworked making the next aircraft in line the "the first" aircraft to be delivered. MSN 55070 it was. Read more about this here

With over 70 A220 aircraft already planned to be made in Mobile Alabama simply with the orders from airlines such as Delta (excluding the ones already delivered from Mirabel, Quebec) and Jet Blue.

Those aircraft would normally have been built in Quebec if Airbus had not decided to build another factoryof A220 in the US. This certainly helped the company diplomatic relations with Washington, DC. Funny part is that Bombardier of Montreal, Quebec and the Quebec Government helped to have this factory built outside Canada, one with cash and the other by diluting the value of its ownership in Airbus Canada, owner of the CSeries aircraft now renamed A220.

You will be able to follow its flight tomorrow live using apps such as FlightRadar24 or its website by looking this new Delta Airlines A220-300 under its FAA registration N302DU. As a side note, the first Jet Blue airline aircraft to be delivered is MSN 55099.

Funny thing… here is what Google.com says when ask about where the A220 (CSeries) aircraft is built:

Source: google.com

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UPDATED:

Departing from Mirabel, Quebec, Canada Airbus A220 factory:

A220-100 MSN 50051 - Registration N132DU - Flight DAL9960 - NOW JUST LEFT
A220-100 MSN 50052 - Registration N133DU - Flight DAL9962 - Tomorrow

Departing from Mobile, Alabama, USA Airbus A220 factory:

A220-300 MSN 55070 - Registration N302DU - Flight DAL9962 - 3pm (20:00 UTC) today local time
A220-300 MSN 55075 - Registration N303DU - Flight DAL9961 - 3pm (20:00 UTC) tomorrow October 23, 2020

Sylvain Faust

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