Airbus Secures 150-Plane Order With AirAsia in Boon for Quebec Aviation

An Airbus employee works under the wing of an Airbus A220 at the assembly plant in Mirabel, Que., on Feb. 20, 2020. The Canadian Press/Graham Hughes

Airbus Canada has signed a deal to supply AirAsia with a massive order of 150 of its Canadian-made A220 jets in a multibillion-dollar coup for Quebec’s aviation industry.

Unveiled Wednesday, the agreement with the low-cost Malaysian airline marks the largest single firm order for the narrow-body planes — assembled north of Montreal in Mirabel — in the manufacturer’s history.