Originally Posted by
sixchannel
And in all this possible 220 excitement, has anyone got an idea IF they COULD actually operate with decent loads jn and out of SOU?
If there was any reason be be excited for SOU, the A220 is it. Absolutely no contest compared with the E195 and very under-powered E175.
Looking at the basic take-off performance figures the A220-100 needs 1463 metres TORA and A220-300 needs 1890 metres TORA at MTOW. Indicated maximum range is 3300 NM + for both, ie around 5 hours flight time. Flying time to the Canaries and Cyprus around 4 hours. With a prospective TORA (with 20 starter strip) of just under 1800 metres, and the south end trees reduced in height - I leave our readers to do the maths!
Lets hope that current speculation is correct.