Delta A220 first flight

[His dudeness]

Originally Posted by surely not

Is it just me or ....

Its just you.

[R04stb33f]

Just a quick note - some aircraft are manufactured with parts of the interior installed before the fuselage sections are joined. Some modules / components are too large to fit through the doors.

[DaveReidUK]

Originally Posted by RufusXS

Here it is at DAB Nov 18th. Good looking aircraft in person (sorry for missing the front).

That's OK, at least you made up for it by showing us the rest of the aircraft twice.

[RufusXS]

Originally Posted by DaveReidUK

That's OK, at least you made up for it by showing us the rest of the aircraft twice.

yeah, sorry, the edited earlier post doesn’t move to the bottom so I just posted it again.

The nose actually reminded me of a 78.

[Mk 1]

Originally Posted by RufusXS

The nose actually reminded me of a 78.

Not just me then. First thought was that tractor is huge pulling the 787...

[rationalfunctions]

I see that the reg number has already changed since first flight. Are Delta going to follow a similar reg pattern to their A350s e.g. N101DU, N102DU, N103DU etc...?

[DaveReidUK]

Originally Posted by rationalfunctions

I see that the reg number has already changed since first flight.

It first flew on a Canadian registration, for obvious reasons.

Are Delta going to follow a similar reg pattern to their A350s e.g. N101DU, N102DU, N103DU etc...?

Only one registered so far, but in all likelihood they will attempt to do that. Though, as with the A350s, they will have to adjust a few:

[FlyXLsa]

I "need" to fly this thing if only for the window in the head!

[Ian W]

The aircraft is doing regular 'proving' flights KATL - KDAB and multiple other airports with the callsign currently DL9964.

[DaveReidUK]

Originally Posted by Ian W

The aircraft is doing regular 'proving' flights KATL - KDAB and multiple other airports with the callsign currently DL9964.

All four of the aircraft delivered to date seem to have performed only those DL99xx proving flights so far.

[PAXboy]

Is the first stretch done yet? With those wings and donks, it is obviously designed to be 'plugged up'.

[DaveReidUK]

Originally Posted by PAXboy

Is the first stretch done yet? With those wings and donks, it is obviously designed to be 'plugged up'.

The CS300 is a stretched CS100.

[Sailvi767]

Originally Posted by PAXboy

Is the first stretch done yet? With those wings and donks, it is obviously designed to be 'plugged up'.

Delta just changed their order from 75 to 90 with the last 50 being the 300 or stretch version.