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APPRAISAL

Airbus A321-200
Amit Kumar Tyagi
ISTAT Certified Appraiser
CIO
Acumen Aviation

amit.tyagi@acumen.aero
www.acumen.aero

200 can fly any other member of the
A320ceo family or the A320neo family
with limited training.
A321-200 competitors for much
of its production life were the now out
of production 757-200 and the 737900ER. The A321-200 is in the middle
of both types in terms of standard
passenger capacity, MTOW and
range. The A321-200 has been more

successful due to lower operational cost
and operational flexibility than the 757200 with its 1,761 deliveries thus far
versus 913 for the 757-200 and has also
outpaced the 737-900ER , which has
seen 505 deliveries. The 737-900ER
remains in wide use, while the 757200 fleet continues to be phased out of
passenger service, with the A321-200
able to fly 85-90% of its routes.

Photo courtesy of Davide Olivati.

T

he A321-200
superseded the
low-production
A321-100, which
was unable to fly
U.S. transcontinental
nonstop. Airbus
launched the longer-range A321200 in April 1995. First flight was
in December 1996, with entry into
service with Monarch Airlines in April
1997. The A321-200 has a range of
3,200 nautical miles in typical twoclass configuration. It offers two
power plants options; the IAE V2500
is preferred with 60% market share
versus 40% for CFM. According to the
Acumen database, as of 31 October
2020, 1,701 had been ordered, 1,671
had been delivered and 1,646 remain in
operation with 101 operators (excluding
undisclosed operators). With production
winding down, there was a backlog of
only 30 with eight deliveries YTD. The
largest three operators are American
Airlines (219), Delta Air Lines (104) and
China Southern Airlines (99), and it is
well distributed globally. The 20 largest
operators account for 1,134 of the fleet
(69%), as shown in the table.
The A321-200 seats 170 to 200
passengers in typical, two-class cabin
configuration and 220 passengers in
a high-density layout with options that
permit up to 230 seats starting with
2015 deliveries and up to 240 seats in
2018. Pilots certified to fly the A321-

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* T H E O F F I C I A L P U B L I C AT I O N O F I S TAT

A321-200 LARGEST OPERATORS
OPERATOR

FLEET SIZE

% A321-200 FLEET

AMERICAN AIRLINES

219

13.3%

DELTA AIR LINES

104

6.3%

CHINA SOUTHERN AIRLINES

99

6.0%

CHINA EASTERN AIRLINES

77

4.7%

TURKISH AIRLINES

67

4.1%

JETBLUE AIRWAYS

63

3.8%

LUFTHANSA

43

2.6%

AIR CHINA

61

3.7%

VIETNAM AIRLINES

51

3.1%

VIETJET AIR

44

2.7%

LATAM AIRLINES GROUP

43

2.6%

SICHUAN AIRLINES

43

2.6%

WIZZ AIR HUNGARY

41

2.5%

AEROFLOT RUSSIAN AIRLINES

33

2.0%

SPIRIT AIRLINES

30

1.8%

AIR CANADA

29

1.8%

JUNEYAO AIRLINES

27

1.6%

EVA AIR

24

1.5%

FRONTIER AIRLINES

21

1.3%

AIR FRANCE

15

0.9%

TOTAL

1,134

68.9%

Source: Acumen Aviation
http://www.acumen.aero
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