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Airbus and Green Africa announce strategic partnership with MoU for 50 A220s @Airbus #A220 @Greenafrica Singapore, 13 February 2020 – Green Africa Airways, Nigeria’s Lagos-based airline, has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) for 50 A220-300 aircraft, one of the major orders to be placed globally for the A220 programme and the largest ever from the African continent. Babawande Afolabi, Founder & CEO of Green Africa Airways said, “Together with Airbus, we are incredibly proud to announce the largest order ever for the A220 from the African continent. The Green Africa story is a story of entrepreneurial boldness, strategic foresight and an unwavering commitment to using the power of air travel to create a better future”. Airbus Chief Commercial Officer, Christian Scherer, speaking from the Singapore Airshow, added, “We are excited about the Green Africa project, its legitimate ambition and its professionalism, evidenced by their most discerning choice for their operating assets. The unique characteristics of the A220 will allow the airline to unlock destinations and route pairs that previously would have been considered non-viable. We look forward to our partnership with Green Africa and to accompany their development with the most efficient aircraft in its class”. The A220 is the only aircraft purpose-built for the 100-150 seat market; it delivers unbeatable fuel efficiency and widebody passenger comfort in a single-aisle aircraft. The A220 brings together state-of-the-art aerodynamics, advanced materials and Pratt & Whitney’s latest-generation PW1500G geared turbofan engines to offer at least 20 percent lower fuel burn per seat compared to previous generation aircraft, along with significantly lower emissions and a reduced noise footprint. The A220 offers the performance of larger single-aisle aircraft. At the end of January 2020, the A220 had accumulated 658 orders.

Date:	12-FEB-2020
Time:	08:57 UTC
Type:	Airbus A220-300
Owner/operator:	Air Baltic
Registration:	YL-AAU
C/n / msn:	55064
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 0 / Occupants:
Other fatalities:	0
Aircraft damage:	Unknown
Category:	Serious incident
Location:	south of Bordeaux -    France
Phase:	En route
Nature:	International Scheduled Passenger
Departure airport:	Riga International Airport (RIX/EVRA)
Destination airport:	Málaga Airport (AGP/LEMG)
Investigating agency:	NTSB

Narrative:
Air Baltic flight BT677, an Airbus A220-300, suffered a failure of the no.1 PW1521G engine en route between Riga, Latvia, and Málaga, Spain.
The aircraft had just completed an en-route climb from FL370 to FL390 when the engine failed. The flight crew turned back towards Bordeaux and declared an emergency. A safe landing was carried out at Bordeaux–Mérignac Airport (BOD/LFBD) 09:28 UTC.

BEA France reported that it was delegating the investigation of this serious incident to the NTSB given the similarities with other occurrences.
These three occurrences involved inflight shutdowns due to failure of the low-pressure compressor (LPC) stage 1 rotor, which resulted in the rotor disk releasing from the LPC case and damaging the engine.
As an interim measure Transport Canada issued an Airworthiness Directive on October 26, 2019, introducing a new Aircraft Flight Manual (AFM) limitation and normal procedure to limit the engine N1 setting to 94% while above 29000 feet.