Aircraft
Air France-KLM Converts MOU on 60 Airbus A220s
The former Bombardier C Series will replace Air France’s A318s and A319s.

Air France-KLM has placed a firm order for 60 Airbus A220 narrowbodies in a deal that consummates a memorandum of understanding signed in July, Airbus announced Wednesday. Plans call for the A220s to gradually replace Air France’s Airbus A318s and A319s, of which it now flies 18 and 33 units, respectively. Air France’s medium-haul fleet—excluding regional aircraft—consists of only Airbus aircraft; in addition to the A318 and A319s, it also flies 20 A321s and 43 A320s. In contrast, its Dutch sibling KLM and the group’s low-cost carrier, Transavia, both deploy a Boeing 737 fleet on their medium-haul services.