A multi-engine, instrument rated pilot, James Wynbrandt has been an AIN and Business Jet Traveler contributor since 2003. His in-depth reporting and insightful features have won more than a dozen editorial honors, including two National Business Aviation Association Gold Wing Awards (2019; 2021), and his articles have also appeared in the New York Times, Barron’s, Fortune, Forbes, and Smithsonian Air &amp; Space. He has flown his Mooney M20K 252 on assignments throughout North and Central America and the Caribbean. Wynbrandt is also the author of Flying High (Wiley &amp; Sons), a biography of Jet Blue founder David Neeleman, as well as histories, references works, and books on a variety of other topics from major publishers. He lives in New York City.

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The first Airbus ACJ TwoTwenty, an executive variant of the A220 single-aisle airliner, was delivered today from the A220 final assembly Line in Mirabel, Canada, to Comlux Completion in Indianapolis, Indiana, where the green corporate airliner will undergo a VIP completion. Airbus Corporate Jets said the TwoTwenty represents “a new and unique value proposition to business aviation buyers,” featuring intercontinental range and expansive personal space spread over six living areas at a price of about $72 million.

 


"Delivering the first-ever ACJ TwoTwenty to Comlux marks a major milestone in the business aviation industry,” said ACJ president Benoit Defforge. “This game-changer is going to pioneer new flying experiences and an unbeatable value proposition to the large business jet market."

 


Airbus Corporate Jets has partnered with Comlux, the Swiss VIP aircraft specialist and operator, and its U.S.-based completion facility to produce and install configurable interiors for the first 15 TwoTwentys. The preconfigured interiors will speed completion time and expense, and bring the completed cost below the price of a new ultra-long-range business jet, according to Airbus Corporate Jets.

 


“We are ready to get straight to work and deliver a quality, luxurious product to our client base,” Comlux Completion CEO Daron Dryer told AIN. Dubai-based luxury hospitality and investment company FIVE is the launch customer, with delivery of its completed TwoTwenty expected in December.

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