ACJ Twotwenty Tripled the Space of Traditional Business Jets – Robb Report

The private aviation version of the Airbus A220-100 airliner, the new TwoTwenty by Airbus Corporate Jets (ACJ), was designed to compete in price with traditional large-cabin business jets, but with a much more impressive specification sheet. Airbus calls it “Xtra Large Bizjet”. But with much more interior space than competitor Gulfstream and Bombardier Global’s large cabin aircraft and, according to ACJ, lower operating costs, it may be more accurate to call TwoTwenty an entirely new class of private business jet.

“When we started the analysis, we realized that, unfortunately, you can only have two of the three factors” between cost, reach and space, said ACJ President Benoit Defforge. “We asked ourselves, ‘How do we find a platform, a product without compromises, that includes all three?'”

The answer: a more fuel efficient engine (the PW1500G), a lighter fuselage and a “flexible cabin catalog”, which has more than 100 interior designs and reduces costs compared to a custom cabin. The 786-square-foot interior is divided into six large seating areas, with room for 18 passengers (compared to 100 to 133 on its commercial brother A220-100) for working, relaxing and dining. The layout can accommodate up to 10 fully reclining sleepers. Features such as a full bar, 55 “4K screens, an eight-seat dining table, a king-size bed and a private bathroom with a rain shower suggest how spacious the interior is.

With a range of 5,650 nautical miles, TwoTwenty can fly nonstop from Los Angeles to London or from New York to Moscow. ACJ has increased the comfort factor with electrochromatic windows, LED lighting and intelligent cabin controls. Defforge says the new Bizjet is “a very modern platform with the latest technology”, including Ku-band connectivity at twice the speed of current Wi-Fi on board. The first pair of TwoTwenty aircraft is going to Comlux’s finishing facilities for internal adjustments later this year.

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