Is It True That The Airbus A220’s Seat-Mile Cost Is 25% Lower Than The Boeing 737 MAX’s?

Simple Flying

It may be an Airbus in name only, but the famed European planemaker has hardly forgotten about the adopted child in its lineup, the Airbus A220. Bombardier, which originally developed the small airliner, did a fine job in creating a super-efficient aircraft to serve lower-demand routes that could also cross continents, and Airbus knows this. It’s sold more units than all of its comparably-sized competitors combined, which includes Airbus’s own A319neo, and it’s sometimes quoted that the plane has 25% lower per-seat costs compared to the Boeing 737 MAX.

​Read More