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Airbus Is Studying Simple A220 Stretch to Revive Flagging Model
By and Julie Johnsson
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Airbus SE has been sounding out customers appetite for a longer version of its A220-300 jet that would give airlines more seating capacity but at the expense of range.
With the Paris Air Show kicking off on Monday, the plane that's been dubbed the A220-500 is again back in focus. Airbus is hoping to win fresh deals for its existing A220, including from AirAsia for as many as 100 units, people familiar with the talks have said. The European planemaker has been saying for years that it was a matter of when, not if, it moves forward with a bigger version of the airliner.
