Specifications
- Manufacturer
- Airbus
- ICAO / IATA code
- BCS3 / 223
- First flight
- 27 February 2015
- Entered service
- 14 December 2016, with airBaltic
- Status
- In production
- Engines
- 2 × Pratt & Whitney PW1500G (PW1521G-3 or PW1524G-3)
- Thrust per engine
- 108.5 kN
- Range
- 6,300 km (3,402 nmi)
- Cruise speed
- Mach 0.82
- Length
- 38.7 m
- Wingspan
- 35.1 m
- Height
- 11.5 m
- Cabin width
- 3.28 m
- Max take-off weight
- 70.9 t
Seats and cabin layout
Airbus quotes 120–150 seats in a typical 2-class layout. The type certificate allows at most 149 passengers — the exit limit, which no airline with a premium cabin comes near.
Airbus’s reference layout
Drawn by Orbit from the figures in Airbus A220 Aircraft Characteristics Publication (ACP), A220-300 data module, §4 Layout of passenger accommodation (Fig. 4) and Table 2. Typical, not any airline’s seat map — your flight may differ. Nose on the left.
- Economy
What the biggest operators fit
| Airline | Cabins | Seats |
|---|---|---|
| JetBlue | 140 economy | 140 |
| Air France | 148 economy | 148 |
| Delta Air Lines | 12 first · 43 premium economy · 75 economy | 130 |
From each airline’s own seat or fleet page. Airlines often fly more than one version of a type; this is the one they publish.
Which airlines fly the A220-300
The largest fleets of this variant. Counts move as aircraft are delivered and retired, so each carries the date it describes.
Safety record
Every fatal accident and hull loss involving the A220-300, with the investigators' report where one is published. The complete record, minor incidents included, is kept by the Aviation Safety Network.
· Graz Airport, Austria (diversion)
Swiss International Air Lines flight LX1885
While cruising at FL400 from Bucharest to Zurich, the left engine malfunctioned and smoke entered the cabin and cockpit; the crew diverted to Graz and evacuated the aircraft, and one cabin crew member later died.
1 killed · SUB (Austria) report ↗
· Riga International Airport, Latvia (on the ground)
airBaltic
During an APU ground run after scheduled maintenance, a fire in the aircraft's centre section caused severe heat damage; nobody was injured, and the aircraft (YL-AAO) was later judged uneconomical to repair, the first A220 hull loss.
No fatalities · aircraft written off · no official report published · Wikipedia ↗
Asked and answered
How many seats does the A220-300 have?
Airbus quotes 120 to 150 seats in a typical two-class layout. Its European type certificate currently allows up to 149 passengers; airlines such as Air France (148) and JetBlue (140) fly it in a mostly single-cabin layout, while Delta fits 130 seats across three cabins.
Which airlines fly the A220-300?
According to Airbus's delivery data at the end of August 2026, the largest A220-300 operators were JetBlue, Breeze Airways, Air France, airBaltic and Delta Air Lines. airBaltic was the first airline to fly it, in December 2016.
Is the A220-300 safe?
The A220-300 has no accident causing passenger deaths. In December 2024 a Swiss A220-300 diverted to Graz after an engine malfunction filled the cabin with smoke, and a cabin crew member died a week later; in 2025 an airBaltic aircraft was written off after a fire during maintenance on the ground, with no injuries.
How far can the A220-300 fly?
Airbus gives a maximum range of about 6,300 km (3,400 nautical miles), the same figure it quotes for the larger A320neo. Most airlines use it on short and medium-haul routes.
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