Air TransportAirbus A220 less than six years old is scrapped in the US
EgyptAir was one of the customers that bet on the A220-300 (ex-CS 300) as an efficient and modern aircraft for its regional routes, acquiring 12 jets from Airbus.
The 140-seat aircraft were delivered between 2019 and 2022, but had a short career, being taken out of service shortly thereafter, amid problems with the Pratt & Whitney GTF engines.
The Egyptian airline preferred not to wait for a solution and resold them to the lessor Azorra. Four of the 12 A220s are currently with Breeze Airways, but are grounded.
The others remain in storage, awaiting a new destination, with the exception of one.
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The A220-300 N560AZ (ex-SU-GFA) has become the first in the world to be dismantled in an agreement between Azorra and Delta Air Lines, to serve as spare parts for other aircraft of the US airline.
In recent days, the A220 was photographed at Blytheville Arkansas International Airport, with only the fuselage structure and wings supported on trestles.
The image from the profile @lmvalkyrie suggests that Delta has made the most of the jet’s airworthy components, including control surfaces, landing gear, doors, emergency exits and, of course, engines and all sorts of interior equipment.
The scene is shocking because the A220 N560AZ has not even completed six years since its first flight, in 2019. And given the state in which the airframe was left, it seems unlikely that there are plans to recover it in the future.
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