Airbus A220 fuels long‑thin leisure routes like Riga‑Tenerife and Melbourne‑Alice Springs

Airbus says its A220 has enabled more than 400 new routes across North America, Europe and Africa; airBaltic, the launch operator of the A220‑300, flies a nonstop Riga‑Tenerife sector of over 2,700 miles; Melbourne to Alice Springs is another long‑thin route served by the A220.