Originally Posted by
Lapon
Of course if Airbus go ahead with the A220-500 variant that could change things again.
That would be right in the area of the 320neo however. It isn’t a priority for Airbus at the moment, and will be many years before it comes into QF service, as they generally wait until the first design is in service with other carriers before introducing them. Given the XLR time from announcement of the project to entry into mainline service will be 6 years the -500, if it ever goes ahead, wouldn’t be in the QF group til the end of the decade, and by that stage a more accurate plan of fleet replacement will have been formulated, too far in the future to worry about now.