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May 21, 2019 (newstodate): Besides the joy from seeing its Airbus A220-300 aircraft fleet growing and now comprising 18 deliveries, Latvia's airBaltic can also look forward to expanded operational capacity of the aircraft.
   Airbus has today announced that the A220 Family aircraft will be offering increased range starting from H2, 2020.
   The A220 aircraft maximum take-off weight is now confirmed to increase by 2,268 kg, increasing the maximum range capability of the Airbus A220-300 aircraft to 3,350nm - or some 450nm more than currently advertised.
   The performance increase is achieved by taking credit of existing structural and systems margins as well as existing fuel volume capacity.  
   This will allow airBaltic and other operators of the aircraft type to tap into new routes that were not possible before, connecting key cities in Western Europe with the Middle East, or from Southeast Asia to Australia.

   Today, the longest route served by airBaltic is Riga-Abu Dhabi covering 2,703nm.