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staraustralia | Airbus A220 family | 2021-present



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staraustralia | Airbus A220 family | 2021-present

Following its order for the type in August 2019, staraustralia was expecting to take delivery of its first Airbus A220 in July 2021. However, in February 2020 the airline took up delivery slots for 8 additional A220s from a cancelled order, with deliveries to begin from February 2021. The new order brought its total orders for the type to 47, split between 28 A220-100s and 19 A220-300s. However, with the pandemic having essentially brought air travel to a halt, staraustralia negotiated a deferral of many of its orders for the following years, with deliveries slipping by more than a year in some cases.

Despite the deferrals, staraustralia still believes the A220 can be a highly useful part of its fleet in a post-COVID world. Although its original intended role for the smaller Airbus, to use it to launch more point-to-point flights within Australia and the neighboring nations, thus improving connectivity and air travel accessibility in this area of the world, has been significantly affected, the small capacity of the jet coupled with its unmatched fuel efficiency make it a very attractive option for any airline. The A220 will allow the airline to maintain service to more cities than the A320 family would with more profit. At the same time, the arrival of this aircraft has allowed staraustralia to sell off its entire A319 fleet to obtain more cash in order to stay afloat.

On New Year's Day 2021 the first A220-100 rolled out of Airbus' Mirabel plant, wearing an entirely new livery. Despite the current one having only been unveiled in 2012, staraustralia's management felt that, with the major changes coming to the airline's - even more so the entire star group's - fleet and network in 2021 a brand change would be appropriate. The new livery sees the old metallic grey and pink colours being replaced by 3 different purple and pink shades, with a dark purple being the brand's main colour. The font and logo have also been replaced, giving the airline a more professional look while also maintaining its LCC feel. The interiors have also been given a refresh with new upholstery on seats across the group fleet.

VH-COA and VH-HPA are the first A220-100 and -300 respectively to be delivered to staraustralia. They are expected to enter the fleet in February and to be based in Sydney, although their first routes are currently unknown. Instead it is believed that the A220s will make appearances across the active staraustralia network. The Australian LCC is also the first customer to take delivery of high-density A220s, with the jets carrying their maximum certified amount of seats, 133 and 160 respectively, with 28'' of pitch. However new seats will ensure that passengers still have plenty of room even on longer journeys.

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It's been nearly 2 years since I first made this brand and I have wanted to revamp it for a while, I think it's pretty cool to compare the old and the new ones



    This nice

    Absolutely love this!

    :D

    Thanks everyone! :D