JetBlue has announced an agreement to exercise its option to add 30 additional Airbus A220-300 aircraft to its order book, bringing the total number of A220s in the airline’s fleet and on order to 100. The aircraft’s strong economics and operational performance are a key to JetBlue’s long-term cost performance, while also enabling more sustainable flying, greater flexibility to support JetBlue’s network strategy and the introduction of its all-new onboard experience to more customers.
“We’re already seeing benefits from the eight A220s we’ve added to the fleet and we’re very happy to have more on the way,” said Robin Hayes, Chief Executive Officer, JetBlue. “We’ve seen double-digit increases in customer satisfaction scores and these fuel-efficient aircraft support our leadership in reducing carbon emissions. With 30 additional A220s on order, we’re in a position to accelerate our fleet modernisation plans to deliver stronger cost performance and support our focus city network strategy.”
In 2018, JetBlue announced its initial order of 60 A220s and the option for 60 additional aircraft. JetBlue converted 10 of 60 options to firm orders in 2019 and the 30 A220s announced on February 15, will enable acceleration of the retirement of JetBlue’s Embraer E190 fleet.
