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The friendly heavens have had a lot of solitaire in recent months.The airlines were struck particularly strong by the coronavirus pandemic. In fact, departures dropped to a low record, with theNumber of flights down 82% compared to this period last year. And while the airlines failed a lot of their planes, there is a specific aircraft that resisted the storm: theAirbus A220.

In the past, the Bombardier C series, this narrow body jet is smaller and less to make work, but it can always fly the same distance - if not further than the larger plans, such as Boeing 737s and Airbus A320. (The smaller ones A220, for example, can fly 100 miles further than A320.) Airplanes are also more environmentally friendly, offering fuel-saving engines and a decrease in emissions. It's perfect forAirline companies that execute reduced routes With fewer passengers during the pandemic.

Travelers, meanwhile, will like to dig clouds in their spacious seats. Instead of packing people in sardines like sardines, the new elegant jet can install 130-140 seats in its A220-300 model and about 110 seats in the A220-100, which is a drastic difference compared to aircraft. rivals that were in passengers of 160 more. (Let's admit it,anybody wants to be thatnear their neighbor, pandemic or not.)

Equipped with five chairs per row-three on one side, two of the other - the A220 have larger economy seats with more lagroom to stretch. Delta A220, for example, have the largest main cabin seats in the entire fleet of the carrier.

Another perk? Aisles and airfares are larger (so many long fitness struggles!), And the noise level of the cabin has been cut in half, which means you can actually sleep easily at 30,000 feet.

The success of the A220 is clear: although Delta hasparked more than half of her fleet Following the pandemic, the 31 of its A220 remained fully operational. Similarly, JetBlue, Swiss and Air Canada plan to expand their A220 fleets while the Sanaltic of Latvia will be theFirst support ALL-A220 in the world.

"When we go out on the other side of that, we continue to beExcited A220s and the profit they can bring to JetBlue, "JetBlue's Chief Financial OfficerSteve Priest Recently said. "TheEconomics of this aircraft are spectacular and I am happy to have them. "

So, the next time you see a jet-stream in the sky, you can bet it was from this popular plane. And for more ways, coronavirus pandemic has changed the way we travel, check the13 things you can never see about planes again after coronavirus.