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Airbus A220-300 — specifications and route economics

Airbus A220-300 (BCS3) — up to 160 seats, MTOW 70.9 t, range 6,300 km, Pratt & Whitney PW1500G (PW1521G/PW1524G). With FlightCost you can calculate any route on this type for free: fuel, airport and air navigation charges, crew, maintenance, leasing and the break-even load factor — with a source for every number.

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Airbus A220-300
Embraer E195-E2 (ERJ 190-400)
Airbus A319

Specifications

ParameterValueSource
Programme statusin service
ManufacturerAirbus (Airbus Canada, ex-Bombardier CSeries)Airbus
Seats, typical layout135Airbus
Seats, maximum160Airbus
Maximum take-off weight (MTOW), t70.9Airbus
Maximum landing weight, t61.0Airbus
Operating empty weight (OEW), t38.2Airbus
Fuel capacity, t17.2Airbus
Range, km6,300Airbus
Cruise Mach0.78Airbus
Cruise altitude, m10,670Airbus
EnginePratt & Whitney PW1500G (PW1521G/PW1524G)Airbus
Number of engines2Airbus
Length, m38.7Airbus
Wingspan, m35.1Airbus
Fuselage width, m3.50Airbus
Entry into service2016-12-14 (airBaltic)Airbus

Economics on Frankfurt — Barcelona

1,093 km along the flight path, 2.1 h block, 80% load factor — 128 of 160 seats (certified maximum), July. Calculated by the FlightCost engine; ownership, maintenance and crew rates are defaults: 44% of the total rests on assumptions. Published range: 6,300 km.

17,142flight, EUR
107per seat, EUR
9.8CASK, euro cents per seat-km
8,127per block hour, EUR
134break-even fare at 80%, EUR
ItemEURShareOrigin
Fuel4,33925%calculation
Airport charges4,29825%calculation
Aircraft ownership2,18413%assumption
Crew1,6189%assumption
Distribution and sales1,2007%assumption
Ground handling1,1827%assumption
En-route charges1,1737%calculation
Maintenance8995%assumption
Terminal charge2501%calculation
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Types of this class on the same route

Same route, load factor and assumptions — only the aircraft type differs.

TypeSeats, maxflight, EURper seat, EURCASK, ¢
Boeing 737 MAX 1023021,175928.4
Boeing 737 MAX 922021,290978.9
Boeing 737 MAX 821020,404978.9
Boeing 737-90021521,219999.0
Boeing 737-40018819,0621019.3
Airbus A319neo16016,3941029.4
Airbus A321neo24425,0811039.4
Airbus A320neo19420,0121039.4
Boeing 737-80018920,1211069.7
Boeing 737 MAX 717218,3281079.8
Airbus A32122023,5181079.8
Airbus A220-30016017,1421079.8
Embraer E195-E2 (ERJ 190-400)14615,7021089.8
Boeing 757-20023926,35211010.1
Airbus A32018020,16611210.3
Boeing 737-70014917,00511410.4
Airbus A220-10013515,46211510.5
Tupolev Tu-214 (PS-90A engines)21024,19711510.5
Airbus A31915618,19211710.7
Airbus A31813616,36812011.0
Embraer E195 (LR)12415,26612311.3
Embraer E190-E2 (ERJ 190-300)11414,18212411.4
Embraer E190 (LR)11414,89013112.0

Lease rate and maintenance cost: estimates for ownership and upkeep

If you do not enter your own rates, the calculator uses estimates from weight and seat count. These are parametric, not operator data: each one can be replaced in the calculation.

Lease, EUR per month310,617
Utilisation, flight hours per month300
Ownership per flight hour (lease ÷ hours), EUR1,035
Maintenance, EUR per flight hour251
Maintenance, EUR per cycle370
Crew, EUR per flight hour589
Crew, EUR per cycle219

Maintenance by year — US carriers' reports (Form 41)

Maintenance cost per block hour as reported by US carriers flying this type: direct (labour, materials, outside services) and full — with the maintenance department's overheads. Dollars of each year, not restated. 2020 stands above its neighbours: flying dropped, the fixed part of the cost stayed.

directwith overheads · USD per block hour
5001,00020212022202320242025

2025: direct USD 675, with overheads USD 930 per block hour, 3 carriers

Source: BTS, Form 41 Schedule P-5.2; analysis in the “Maintenance” research. →

Price and lease rate from publications

Aircraft list prices, transaction prices and market appraisals are shown separately from monthly lease rates. Each observation includes a date and a source link.

Aircraft price (market appraisal)Lease per month

USD m

10203040201920202021

USD k per month

10020030020192020202120222023202420252026

— — calculator default (new aircraft), in dollars of each year. The line is the lease the calculator uses without your own rates: EUR 311,000 a month as of October 2026 at 1.16 USD/EUR, restated in dollars of earlier years by the US CPI-U price index. It is an estimate for a new aircraft; points of another age are not directly comparable.

The lease market is recovering after 2020: AerCap's fleet yield (lease rents ÷ average lease assets) was 11.4 % in 2019, bottomed at 9.6 % in 2021, 10.8 % in 2025 — not yet back to 2019.

In 2026 dollars: the default is 360k, observations of 2018–2019 for the same age 374k. If the market returns to its pre-COVID level, the default will be close to it.

MonthKindValueAgeSource
2020-10Lease per monthUSD 218 knewAviation Strategy (данные AVAC)
2020-10Aircraft price (market appraisal)USD 29.1 mnewAviation Strategy (данные AVAC)
2019-10Lease per monthUSD 292 knewAviation Strategy (данные AVAC)
2019-10Aircraft price (market appraisal)USD 37.7 mnewAviation Strategy (данные AVAC)
2018-10Lease per monthUSD 282 knewAviation Strategy (данные AVAC)
2018-10Aircraft price (market appraisal)USD 35.3 mnewAviation Strategy (данные AVAC)