Airbus’ ACJ TwoTwenty is a gamechanger in the business jet segment. Based on the successful A220 airliner, which was itself designed by Bombardier to be their C-Series (a division that was acquired by Airbus in 2018), the TwoTwenty has an airliner-sized cross-section but is only the size of a large private jet. Indeed, it combines the best of all worlds: a high and wide luxurious cabin for comfort, the range of an airliner thanks to the amount of fuel it can carry, and fuel-efficient engines that make it cost-effective. Best of all, it offers a great value proposition thanks to a modular layout that can be specced in over a hundred different ways at the time of acquisition, including options for conference rooms, lounges and even king-sized bedrooms.
Now, to really help let those customisation options speak for themselves, Airbus has gone and collaborated with the French graffiti-artist Cyril Kongo. “We wanted a break from white and brown”, says ACJ President Benoit Defforge, “and Cyril has truly brought something new to the market, something avant-gardist, contemporary artful, rule breaking.” And he did it by adding splashes of colour to a mostly white a grey cabin. “You can’t put in too much colour,” explains Kongo, “otherwise, it is too heavy. I want to make something comfortable and at the same time chic and at the same time unique.” He undoubtedly succeeded.
