Airbus A321

what is it?

The Airbus A321 is a member of the Airbus A320 family of short to medium range, narrow-body, commercial passenger twin engine jet airliners; it carries 185 to 239 passengers. It has a stretched fuselage which was the first derivative of the baseline A320 and entered service in 1994, about six years after the original A320. The aircraft shares a common type rating with all other Airbus A320-family variants, allowing A320-family pilots to fly the aircraft without the need for further training.

base stats

• built 3,536made in total

Bars compare against all aircraft: 3,500 km/h, 20,000 km, 850 seats; size and number built on a log scale up to 640 t (An-225) and 45,000 built (Cessna 172).

fun facts

• 🎂First flew 33 years ago, in 1993.

jet: Gas turbine pushing air out the back (turbofan or turbojet): fast and high-flying.

spec sheet

first flight

1993-03-11

introduced

1994

status

still flying

number built

3,536

role

narrow-body jet airliner

origin

🇫🇷 France

makers

Airbus Commercial Aircraft

engines

jet

top speed

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range

—

ICAO code

A321

Specs are for the version in the Wikipedia article's specification section. Blank means the sources don't say.

family