By Scott Hamilton
May 6, 2026, © Leeham News: AirAsia and Airbus announced today that the low cost carrier placed an order for 150 A220-300s. This record-breaking order for the type previously capped out at 90 orders. (Delta Air Lines has placed orders for 145 A220s, but in several transactions.) More than 1,000 A220s have now been ordered.
This is key order for Airbus, which wants to increase production of the A220 to 14/mo. Before now, the backlog was far from supporting this production rate.
A high-density version of the airplane, which can seat 160 passengers, is under development. AirAsia is the launch customer for this version.
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AirAsia is an exclusive Airbus customer. Over the company’s life, it ordered almost 600 A320 family members through March.
Airbus has since revised the timeline for going to rate 14/mo to the end of 2028. Artwork Credit: Leeham News. Production source: Airbus 1Q2026 earnings call.
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