September 2023 marked the tenth anniversary of the maiden test flight of what was then known as the Bombardier CSeries. Now produced and sold as the Airbus A220 family aircraft, the aircraft became airborne for the first time on September 16, 2013.
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the Airbus A220 has been having a pretty rough time staying out of the hangar and in the air where it belongs. Yes, we can be grateful that it has thus far managed to avoid the same levels of bad publicity and disaster as the Boeing 737 MAX, but A220 operators around the world are most definitely experiencing challenges with the type. This has very little to do with the avionics and airframe design, and is pretty much all about the engines powering the jet – the Pratt & Whitney PW1500G geared turbofan engine. So this prompts us to ask the question: Should the Airbus A220 get a 2nd engine option?