Another Qantas A220 Ferrying In

Qantas is ferrying in its seventh A220-300. The aircraft, VH-X4G (msn 55352), has flown from Montréal–Mirabel Airport (YMX), site of the A220 assembly line, to Vancouver (YVR) to Honolulu (HNL) and, at the time of writing is at Nadi (NAN).

Qantas, which is in the habit of naming its aircraft, will christen it Whale Shark. 

Eleven A220's expected to be delivered by end of 2025 and another two to three are expected to be delivered in 2026. The A220s are registered to and operated by National Jet Systems, which is wholly owned by Qantas. The aircraft will fly in QantasLink livery.

Qantas/National Jet Systems is expecting another twenty-one A220-200s. They currently have six and have five operating revenue flights and are using one to certify pilots. Presently, you can find them working some or all flights on the following routes:

-  Brisbane - Melbourne (partially)

 - Canberra - Melbourne (wholly)

 - Coffs Harbour - Melbourne (wholly)

 - Darwin - Melbourne (wholly)

 - Darwin - Singapore (wholly)

 - Hobart - Melbourne (wholly)

 - Hobart - Sydney (wholly)

 - Launceston - Melbourne (wholly)

 - Launceston - Sydney (wholly)

By October, when the northern winter flying season starts, the A220 is expected also expected to be operating some flights to Alice Springs, Mackay, Hamilton Island, Cairns, Townsville and Maroochydore.

It definitely won’t be landing in Prosperine because Qantas is ending its flights there in October.