Review of the brand new QantasLink Airbus A220 - economy class.
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- Опубликовано: 30 июн 2024
- Join me in this detailed review of the Qantas Link Airbus A220-300 (operated by National Jet Systems who also operate the Boeing 717) from Melbourne to Canberra in economy class (includes footage of business class too.) This was the inaugural passenger flight.
Seat 5A
VH-X4B
Airbus A220-300
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0:00 intro
0:28 background and Boeing 717
0:55 our Qantas Airbus A220-300
2:56 boarding
3:25 business class
3:45 economy class and seat 5A
5:12 business class seat again
5:37 front row of economy
6:00 backing out and takeoff
7:16 inaugural flight gift pack
7:25 inflight catering
7:36 inflight wifi and entertainment streaming
8:26 toilet
9:20 conclusion and landing
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Thanks for taking us along, Paul! Such a great airplane for Qantas. Sadly, we don’t have any A220 flights scheduled at the moment, but can’t wait to come see you and give it a try. Best part, now we know which seats to select! Thanks again!
Oh hey there Jeb! 👋
yes but will it fix QANTAS that's the big question we aussi's are asking?
Hi Jeb. It's an amazing confluence that the A220 designed by Bombardier has controls/systems so similar to Airbus'. It flies almost the same even though it wasn't designed by them. Airbus pilots feel immediately familiar with it , and there's very little training required for them to qualify on type.
Hey Jeb! 😅
I'm 52 years old and never been up in a plane in my life. It's not because I have a fear of flying it because I never needed to catch a plane flight. But Paul's videos always keeps me informed if I ever need to take one. I will have to take a flight one day before I kick the bucket
Find a place you want to travel to then just go, doesn’t matter where it is. Book a flight and just go.
U gotta do it! U will get addicted
The only aircraft i will never fly in again is a helicopter they need almost max power just to get off the ground.🚁😲😇
You need to try it. Make it a life goal. I have flown since I was 9. My 1st flight England to Australia on a Boeing 707. I am nearly 63. Love planes. I was made to travel. Never settled down. Just do it. Cheers.
Go for it 😅
To everyone who are wondering - Coffs will have it's last 717 flight on the 26th October, we are getting the A220 on the Coffs to Melbourne route;)
The 717 will be missed... but I want to fly a 220 now.
as vh nxe was the first rear engined airliner i’ve ever been on she will be missed❤
@@Tweedaviation same (but VH-NXQ for me) I will be very sad to see them go
Wish I travel RUclipsr rich enough to do it. Sadly I can barely afford to go into my backyard :)
How do you find one when Hobart will see the A220?
That cabin looks a cut above their 737 product. Very nice indeed. The A220 looks great in Qantas colours, let’s hope the airline itself can return to greatness
On it right now and it most certainly is a cut above especially when you are in a couple you can sit in a double .
Took my first A220 flight with Air Canada last year. Very well built aircraft and one of the smoothest flights I’ve ever taken.
The wings for these jets are made in Belfast. One of the coolest things about that is when time is tight they are flown out by AN-124 and it’s a sight to behold coming in.
Yeah, Bombardier got Shorts Brothers some years ago. Good to hear production in Quebec and Alabama
is supported from Ireland. But I wonder how much longer skilled female workers will be IN Alabama...
Thank you so much for featuring our fantastic Canadian plane. We are great at building planes, but not so good at selling them. Glad Airbus took on this great product.
Great video mate and well done getting it out so quick. Love the A220!
A220 is beautiful well designed twin jet.The aircraft in Qantas livery looks stunning.The choice of twin abreast and triple abreast seats give pax more choice inside the airliner be it a lone traveller ,a couple or a family..hope to see this airliner in my country India someday.nice informative video.
I'm a cabin crew for Swiss Int. Airlines. We have a total of 30 A221/223 and most of us love it.
⁉The A221/223 doesn't exist and never was ! // Do you mean the A220-100 and A220-300? Those are built and made and born from scratch near my home in Montreal. A fantastic airplane!
One of the very best in this class in the world with the new technology.
@@clarification007 yes i mean 220-100 and 220-300. In our flight schedules the abbreviation is 221 and 223.
Yes they're cool. I'd like to see the different interiors for e.g. Air Canada
@@AGdnr Thanks for the precision! 😉
WOW!! I was waiting to see such a video. Really happy to see Qantas operating their brand new Airbus A220. One of my favorite aircraft. I hope to travel on one of them one day. 😍😍
Thank you. Just flown the 220 from Germany to Heathrow under Air Baltic ie Lufthansa colours. This video is interesting in its call on the planes origins. Had no idea it was of Canadian origin .
I was looking forward to this Paul! Great to see you flight reporting!
Glad you enjoyed it!
Thanks for the great review Paul. I’ll be taking that flight in a couple of weeks in business class so excited to check out the new A220 😊
Great to meet you mate, it was definitely a fun flight and one I’ll remember!
Another great video Paul! The A220 looks great inside and out - I sure am keen to try it out for myself. Thanks for the detailed review!
Many thanks!
As an aside, 8:50 is why I used to love doing Melbourne to Canberra on a Dash 8 back when I traveled that route a lot and that was Qantas's plane of choice. The view out to Corin Dam was always spectacular.
Always good when you upload!
I did love the 717's and am looking forward to flying the A220 from Canberra to anywhere. One less seat (2/3 compared to 3/3) makes so much difference in boarding times.
very beautiful aircraft great potential for the future with Qantas has allot merits going for it just a gorgeous plane
Great video Paul! Your avgeek footage of the aircraft is second to none!
Since I am poor and terrified of flying I enjoy dropping in to your channel from time
to time and always think you do a good job. Happy travels.😎
You can do it!
I love this aircraft. Right now it's my favorite one. The cabin is big and so are the overhead bins. I've flown with Air Canada from MIA to YUL several times and it's a very nice flight and very passenger friendly.
The overhead bins are too low, I'm just under 6 feet tall (1.82m) so not exceptional but I had to duck to avoid bashing my head on the 2 seats side bins when walking down the aisle, I've never had to do that before. And the bins on the 3 seats side are difficult to reach, it's all a horrible compromise with the 3:2 seating layout.
@@owensmith7530 to each their own. I'm pretty much your same height and I'm a big guy. Never had any issues with te overhead bins. The 3-2 lay out I don't like it, I would have preferred 2-2. But I still like this aircraft.
A220 is beautiful!
It really is!
I was expecting a video from you for the inaugural flight, and you didn't let me down. Thanks
Glad you enjoyed it!
Another great video, thank you for uploading Paul. Looking forward to one day flying on the A220
Glad you enjoyed it
Really nice detailed video Paul! Love to see the new a220’s into action.
CS300
You and me both!
Paul, I love your videos and your honesty! I flew a Delta Airlines A220 from DCA to DTW 2 years back and hated it!! While the airplane may be wonderful, Delta squished us in back in the economy section! So not a fan of the 'american' version of the A220 so far. Flew Delta's B717 6 months prior and found that comfortable enough. It really comes down to the how each airline designs it's internal layout to determine passenger comfort now days!
Those PW engines are beautiful!
I've been fortunate to have flown on the A220, first with Air Canada, and then with JetBlue. It is indeed, in my opinion, the best regional aircraft ever built.
Couldn't agree more!
Flew from Barcelona to London (via Paris) on an Air France A220 last year. Beautiful aircraft, super smooth flight..
Excellent review, Paul. Appreciate your neutrality and fair reviews, plus the little gag about cheaper tickets/Qantas profits :-) The plane itself looks nice and I can't wait to take a flight on it one day.
Glad you like them!
Nice review and good on you for preserving your independence. It's good the twin / triple cabin option is being preserved with the A220. Loved flying these with Swiss in Europe (since 2018 for me) so it's not exactly new but we all know that QF haven't been falling over themselves in the fleet replacement department and they're always going to act as if they're the launch customer ...
I’m happy to be seeing these airbuses
I like the economy 2/3 seating arrangement. Those engines didn't sound like giant circular saws, quite muted . Thanks for the flight .
That's because the fan blade tips are not spinning faster than the speed of sound. That's why the A320neo and A220 are such amazingly quiet plane.
Unfortunately. The louder the better!
Thanks for watching!
Great vid Paul. I’ll be flying from Melbourne to Launceston next week on a B717 to catch up with a friend and to see what’s changed since last visit in 1986. On my return to Melbourne I’ll be flying on an A220 to Canberra on 15/3, I picked 4A as my seat and didn’t mind paying the extra $$.
Thanks for the informative video 👏
Excellent informative review Paul. Many thanks for posting.
My pleasure!
Thanks for Sha us the new Aircraft of the Qantas fleet. When I came to Australia I will fly with this Aircraft. Amazing video.
Good to see QANTAS giving Boeing the flick
Being in Canada, I have flown on a couple A220 for Air Canada, and it is a nice comfortable airplane, I found the air noise to be louder than I was expecting, or maybe it is because of the quieter engines that makes the cabin air noise louder. All in all, it is a nice airplane and love the bigger windows.
I found an Air France A220 to be very noisy too, I'm glad I'm not the only one that noticed this.
Well done Paul! :)
Looking good! Nice to see the USB A & C ports. The wifi streaming speed is similar to ADSL over copper wire speed I was getting about 10 years ago, not great but adequate for most things.
Great stuff Paul. Have six sectors booked on a DSC run in June.
Nicely presented there Paul ... Wife and I are doing MEL - BNE on one of the new one's then Dash8 to destination ... Back on A220 - I think Ive chosen seats well this time, we always fight for who gets the aisle ... on 737/320's - not a problem here ... 2 seats on LHS and larger windows for me to look out ...
Thank you, and keep up the reviews ...
A good and balanced flight review as always Paul. It looks like a great jet! Those 717s have their charm but showing their age.
Many thanks!
After flying on Deltas and Air Canada's C series i think you guys down under will love it
Thank you. I wonder in the longer run if they will be as reliable and versatile as the Q-Jets were for Qantas.
Nice work Paul👍 Will miss the 717’s but will be interesting to see what new routes this open up.
You and me both!
Great video and review Paul, thank you. I enjoyed flights on the Swiss -300 and -100 LHR-GVA-LHR. Love hearing the distinctive engine noise, well captured. The noise can carry quite far when plane spotting at LHR.
Glad you enjoyed it
The third a220-300 for Qantas will be delivered in July from the factory with stops in Vancouver bc, Honolulu and nadi in Fiji on its way home to Australia
Thanks Paul! I can’t wait until I catch one from Launceston. Loved the 717 and tired of the 737 so this will be magical to the mainland. Wonderful!!
Enjoy!
Lovely Aircrafts!
I literally searched for A220 review videos yesterday, about 3 hours before you uploaded this. It's almost like you knew I was looking for it. We're planning on visiting Tassie next year and figured we'd fly business from Brisbane to Melbourne, then economy Melbourne to Hobart. One of the Hobart flights is in the A220, hence my search.
Safe flight! Hobart is great!
Fantastic video Paul. A220 looks like a beautiful plane.
C series
Great vid! Really enjoyed it. Aussie is on my bucket list to visit.
Nice video , I watched it in an Airlink Embraer 195 ! The biggest competitor to the a220
C series
Great commentary and good footage Paul. Interesting that there are no inflight screens for passengers and that saves around 200 kg in weight and most passengers have their own devices anyway. A nice looking aircraft.
Thank you for this video 📷 I just love the beautiful Airbus A220 aircraft ❤️
C series
Thanks for your time and effort Paul! I can't wait to go on one of these locally, but also wouldn't mind taking a flight to NZ in one, hopefully in the not to distant future 🤞🏽.
Any time!
Great plane vid once again. Thanks Paul.
Very welcome
Cool video Paul
Going to miss the Boeing 717, glad I got two flights on the type back in November! But I am quite impressed by the Airbus A220/Bombardier C-Series despite my lack of flights on the type at the moment. Looking forward to hopefully flying on a QF A220 in the future if I get to come back to Australia!
Why do passengers persist on wearing their large bulky backpacks while boarding? It makes it hard to get past them when getting to your seat. When these people turn around while wearing backpacks others usually get bumped or slowing down the boarding. Enjoyed the video.
It’s true. Hold them in front so you can lift them up into the overhead bin or over onto your seat. It is amazing how oblivious some people are to their surroundings 😂
Awesome vid paul
lovely plane and great choice for QF!!; I have flown A220s on Swiss from Zurich to Heathrow and on Cyprus Airways from Zurich to Larnaca
Sounds great!
Thanks for this although I will
Miss the 717… many fond memories of travelling on these in WA
Glad you enjoyed it
I like the searing config. We’ll be in oz later this year and will be sure to book the couple seats as you call them 😂. Great video as always, thanks Paul!!
Hope you enjoy it!
I love the A220, Nice Review.
thanks you, i agree with the short comings of the first a220 livery but i would have also added a green link in the Qantas link logo as well. but I very much love the livery over all it is pretty good.
I agree with you
Excellent presentation. From other YT channels it appears that the flight was popular with many avgeeks who booked a seat to film and report on the experience.
Thanks
Woohoo... I'm on this flight next week
Nice aircraft as are all airbus aircraft ,I flew on the first airbus in Australis the a300 while working for the airline thanks Paul.👍👍👍👍👏
Very cool!
Greys stuff mate, those new seats are looking super smart! Business class perhaps a little tight on the legroom mind - may just have been the view through the camera.
Either way, fantastic new aircraft!
Thanks for the great review Paul. We are so used to not having an IFE screen flying domestic in Australia these days. Frankly I don't think anyone would care if no airline bothered to include them on new planes in the future - and they probably won't! (It is nice though to snag a Qantas A330 on a domestic route and get the amenities that you miss on the 737/A320 like decent legroom, proper power outlets and a screen)
Beautiful Air Craft.Great Video
Thank you! Cheers!
Good review Paul. Beautiful aircraft! Excited about checking this aircraft out in the not too distant future.
I get what you’re saying about not accepting/including sponsorships … but that’s probably easy to say for those of us who don’t depend on RUclips for our income. I imagine it’s quite different for full time RUclipsrs who can’t survive off AdSense revenue. 🤔
I’ve never been on a 717 here in Australia but got on flying from Athens to Santorini on Volotea airlines.
the a220 with the green Qantaslink livery looks refreshing
Great aircraft. Great review.
Glad you enjoyed it
@@PaulStewartAviation As always, your reviews are quality 👍
Always enjoy your flight reviews, Paul. Please excuse my fat-fingers on the 'like' button.
Very good reporting of the tech-stuff.
I find airliners much of a muchness, so seat-comfort is hugely important.
I pity the painter who came in on a Monday and was detailed off to do X4A!
Great video, really good introduction to this new Qantas jet and now I know about the seats and what is available on the jet I'm looking forward to flying on one really soon.
Looks lovely! Will look forward to a flight on it ... though may need to wait for a few more routes to open up than MEL-CBR / MEL-BNE...
Have fun!
Thanks for the video, Paul.
I'm not particularly fond of narrowbody aircraft, but I make an exception for this one. I've been following the Bombardier C-Series programme ever since it was announced. I thought it was a shame that Bombardier couldn't make ends meet and had to sell the programme, and as I understand it, their entire commercial aircraft division, because what they've done with the C-Series is nothing short of remarkable. I really want to fly on one, and I hope that they'll start sending them on longer haul flights - particularly to Perth, where I live. By the looks of the seats and the available leg room, they appear far more comfortable than the 737s that have been plying the cross-continent domestic routes in recent years.
Looking forward to it in April. Detouring to CBR for a regular syd-mel run.
Would've taken it this Monday if i didn't spot some 330s from Mel to Syd and the 220 route prices were a bit on the high end.
Great vid - one FYI, being from the French speaking part of Canada, Bombardier is generally pronounced as Bom-bar-djee-ay…although that is probably somewhat English-ised as well!
So amazing!
Nice job! I’ve seen a few reviews of the inaugural flight so you guys must’ve all been together lol
Yes we are
Cool review..
Glad you enjoyed it
It will be interesting to see but I doubt I will get to fly on one for some time as all our Qld flights had been changed from 717s to E190s over the last year or so.
Great plane
The seating and luggage amenities are almost identical to the A320/1. Overall it's a smaller plane but from the interior its identical to the next size up. And I think it can reach any major city in Australia from any other major city in Australia (Perth to Brisbane?)
Yep it should be fine to cover PER to BNE
I might be in the minority but I’m totally fine with device streaming over the IFE. I always travel with a 2020 12.9 iPad Pro and as long as in-seat power is available, I’m set. Even if “slumming it” using only a smartphone, at least that device is already connected with my BT Headphones & can be shifted around to wherever is comfortable rather then having to stare straight ahead
Shame to see the 717 go. Never flown a QF flight on one, but plenty in Hawaii. Such a gorgeous engine sound. Excited to see what routes Qantas have in store? Perhaps some short haul international flights from TAS to NZ?
Great video
Good video Paul very sad that the 717 is getting retired rip 717
A220 is WAY more comfortable than either 737 or A320. The extra seat width makes a huge difference.
Nice one Paul, love that wookie howl!
Agreed! The camera didn't pick it up as well as usual today, though. It did sound nicer onboard!
@@PaulStewartAviation it sounded great to me, both times! That it was better for you, in person, is even betterer!
FWIW Paul, some other RUclipsrs I follow that have in-video promotions add in that they have been using the service or product and what their experience has been. Obviously, we don't know for sure if it's a truthful statement however I'd only check out a promotion from YT'ers I have positive experiences with over time (like you). This leads me to my suggestion of considering adding in-video promotions if you find a sponsor you're comfortable with, thus adding income to help keep you making vids for us. Right now, (to me) you're trying to stand out by comparing your channel to others and it sounded kind of negative to me, which is not how I see you, at all :) Keep having fun and bringing us good stuff Paul🤩
Hi mate, fair comments. I suppose I'm making the comparison because I'm saddened seeing people sell their soul when they initially started something for the love of it. The difference between us amateur vloggers and the media is that we're showing the real product which we paid for. It's hard to be honest when a company gives you a free product and you want to keep those free products coming. I'm not criticising the media, but I am making the distinction between them and us.
It's true about using a product that you genuinely believe in although, as you said, it's impossible to know if they genuinely believe that or are just saying it. It comes down to trust and that's the issue at stake here. I personally use Nord VPN but I see youtubers starting their VPN sales blerb by talking about how dangerous the world is...etc. From my perceptive, there is already too much fear and hate in the world so that's not something I would want to repeat.
I think that in the end of the day, vloggers need to decide if they're amateur vloggers OR businesses. If the latter, then they can make money (nothing wrong with that) but there is a level of trust lost IMHO.
@@PaulStewartAviation Excellent point about how some approach things from a perspective of fear. In sales, it used to be (maybe still is) called the 'disturb' phase of the selling process. Anyway, very informative vid, and all that seat power, wow. Sixty watts will run my laptop nicely. Cheers Paul :)
cheers! Yes, fear and/or sex will sell anything.
Excellent video as always. Also impressed that you haven’t jumped on the “today’s sponsor is” bandwagon.
Cheers
I flew Air Canada YUL-SFO and LAX- YUL last year on the A220, the IFE is a must on a 5:30 h flight, but from now on I'll be booking all my flights with the 220, no more 737 for this old guy.
Paul thanks for this lovely video really interested! I also subscribed to your brilliant channel too
Awesome, thank you!