N179UW 2001 Airbus A321-200

Overview

The airframe bearing tail number N179UW is an Airbus A321-200 (designation A321-211) built in 2001 with manufacturer serial number 1521. The aircraft is registered in the US and is held by the corporate owner Wilmington Trust Co Trustee located in Wilmington, DE; no other operators or lessees are listed in the supplied data. The airframe's cabin configuration was reportedly reconfigured in October 2021 to a C20Y170 split, a change noted in fleet configuration listings. No additional transactional history or valuation details were provided in the available dataset.

Operations & Cabin

The specific cabin for this airframe is listed as C20Y170, indicating a 20-seat configuration in the forward cabin and 170 seats in the main cabin after the reported reconfiguration in Oct 2021. Typical mission profiles for this configuration align with medium- to long single-aisle operations, leveraging the aircraft's 3,200 nm range and 470 kt cruise speed for transcontinental and regional international sectors. The aircraft type is a fixed-wing multi-engine transport operated under a US registration; base of operations or regular operator hub is not specified beyond the corporate owner’s location in Wilmington, DE. No avionics fit or specific in-service amenities were provided, and maintenance considerations should follow standard A321-200 practices for the installed CFM56-5B3/P engines.

Model & Market Context

The Airbus A321-200 (A321-211) occupies the single-aisle high-capacity niche within Airbus’s A320 family, offering up to 199 seats and transcontinental capability with a service ceiling of 39,000 ft. It competes with stretched narrowbodies from other manufacturers in markets that demand higher single-aisle capacity and range. Buyers and charter operators value the A321-200 for its passenger density and range, while maintenance and resale considerations hinge on engine type, here CFM56-5B3/P, and configuration changes such as the documented Oct 2021 cabin reconfiguration.