Alabama NewsCenter — JetBlue orders 30 more Airbus A220 jets to speed Embraer retirements

By Justin Bachman
Bloomberg

JetBlue Airways Corp. is buying 30 additional Airbus SE A220-300 planes, bolstering the carrier’s fleet and allowing it to more swiftly retire older aircraft.

The purchase, an exercise of prior options, brings JetBlue’s total order of the single-aisle jet to 100, the airline said Tuesday. JetBlue expects its ninth A220 delivery this month, and 30 more by the end of 2023.

The Airbus plant in Mobile has produced A220s for JetBlue. A spokesman for the planemaker said a decision on the assembly location of the 30 additional jets has not been made, but they will be assembled either in Mobile or at the plant in Mirabel, Quebec in Canada, or a combination of the two.

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