Qantas Group receives first A220

The Qantas Group has taken delivery of its first of 29 A220s, making the Australian national carrier the 20th operator of the type. In the coming days, the aircraft will depart the Airbus final assembly line in Mirabel, Canada and fly to Sydney, Australia. It will stop in Vancouver, Honolulu and Nadi along the way. The first aircraft features a unique livery based on Aboriginal aircraft and will be operated by Qantas’ regional subsidiary QantasLink, which flies from Qantas Terminal 3 in Sydney to ‘a vast network of metropolitan and regional destinations across Australia’. It will gradually replace QantasLink’s existing