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==History== | ==History== | ||
On February 18, 2016, Air Canada signed a Letter of Intent with [[Bombardier]] for 75 A220-300s (designated CS300 previously); 45 firm orders and 30 options with delivery slated from 2019-2022. <ref>https://www.businessinsider.com/bombardier-c-series-37-billion-air-canada-order-falls-short-of-endorsement-it-needs-2016-2</ref> The order was finalized on June 28, 2016 at a value of $3.8 billion CDN for the firm order.<ref>https://www.thestar.com/business/2016/06/28/air-canada-finalizes-38b-order-for-45-bombardier-cseries-jets.html</ref> The first 25 aircraft of the order were slated to replace part of the [[Air Canada Embraer 190|Embraer 190]] fleet.<ref>https://www.aircanada.com/content/dam/aircanada/portal/documents/PDF/en/quarterly-result/2016/2016_MDA_q4.pdf</ref> | |||
The first aircraft, C-GROV, was delivered in December 2019 with a public reveal on January 15, 2020.<ref>https://www.airportspotting.com/delivery-of-the-first-air-canada-airbus-a220/</ref> | |||
==Technical Details== | ==Technical Details== |