Mirabel

Airbus has never ruled it out, but it's never gone all in either, and Wagner held that line while saying that there's clearly a demand for a longer A220.

That fits with what we heard back in June when Simple Flying visited the A220 line at Mirabel, just outside Montreal.

Airbus Canada CEO Guillaume Rivassoux told us then that the stretch studies had been accelerated and there'd been a particular focus on it this year, and that Airbus wanted to be ready to make a decision soon.

So timing, this is the bit that made the headline.

Today, the A220 program is jointly owned by Airbus, its parent company, and the Canadian province of Quebec with a 25% share.

The two entities agreed to further invest in the A220 to a tune of $1.2 billion in 2022, mostly in an effort to accelerate its total production to 14 per month between its plant in Mobile and its headquarters in Mirabel, Quebec.

That, however, has been slow.

In 2022, Airbus averaged just 4.5 A220 aircraft deliveries per month, thanks in part to supply chain issues.

Racing slowdowns now.

Southbound Laurentide Saint-Adèle down to Prévost and again through Mirabel.

Also delays on the westbound side of the Met between Lacroix and the Decarie interchange.

Northbound Decarie volume there, Jean-Talon to the top.