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Airbus A320-200 (A320-212)

A320-579Scrapped

RegistrationUAUR-WRL

WIOperatorWindrose Aviation

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Airbus A320-200 (A320-212) built in 1996 in Toulouse / Hamburg / Tianjin / Mobile. Operated for Canada 3000, SkyService and Windrose Aviation. Scrapped.

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Mature · 17 years · ≈ 56,100 flight hours (approx.)

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Technical data

ManufacturerAirbus

Engines2×

PropulsionJet

First flight1996

Built inToulouse / Hamburgo / Tianjin / Mobile

Country of registrationUcrania

MSN579

VerificationPending check against the official civil register

The model · Airbus A320

Figures for the A320-200 variant, the most representative of the family

Length37.6 m123 ft

Wingspan35.8 m117 ft

Height11.8 m39 ft

Range6,204 km3,350 NMWith a typical passenger load

Cruise speed828 km/h447 ktMach 0.78

Service ceiling12,131 m39,800 ftIt flies above Everest (1.4 times its height)

Maximum take-off weight78,000 kg171,960 lb

Maximum payload35,400 kg78,044 lbIts 150 passengers with baggage would weigh about 15.0 t; the rest is fuel and cargo

Typical capacity150 passengersUp to 195 in a high-density layout

Endurance7 h 30 minAt cruise speed, non-stop

With its 6,204 km range, from Toronto it could fly non-stop as far as:

LIMLima6,199 km MADMadrid6,058 km CDGParis (Roissy-en-France, Val-d'Oise)6,020 kmAMSAmsterdam5,990 km LHRLondon5,707 km

Beyond its rangeFRAFrankfurt am Main6,344 km

The type first flew in 1987 (39 years ago) · About 7,000 units built · Still in production

Figures for the type, not for this particular aircraft: each variant and each configuration changes something. They are shown in both systems used in aviation.

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Airports

Airports of the airlines that have operated it

1996–2001Canada 3000 airline base

Base

YYZToronto

2005–2008Germanwings network of its single-aisle aircraft

Base

CGNKöln (Cologne)STRStuttgart

Main destinations

TXLHAMHamburg HAJHannover DUSDüsseldorf PMIPalma de Mallorca SPUSplit HERHeraklion SAWPendik, Istanbul BCNBarcelona CTACatania

2008–2011Bahrain Air airline base

Base

BAHManama

2011–2013DonbassAero airline base

Base

LWOLvivODS

Flight logbook

Under research

Aircraft chronology

1996

Built

Assembled by Airbus in Toulouse / Hamburg / Tianjin / Mobile.

Mar 21, 1996

Delivered to Canada 3000

Delivered to Canada 3000 as C-GVXD.

Dec 19, 2001

Transferred to SkyService

Transferred to SkyService.

Oct 10, 2003

Transferred to V Bird

Transferred to V Bird.

Feb 2, 2005

Transferred to Germanwings

Transferred to Germanwings.

Mar 14, 2008

Transferred to Bahrain Air

Transferred to Bahrain Air.

Jul 2, 2011

Transferred to DonbassAero

Transferred to DonbassAero.

Jan 2, 2013

Transferred to Windrose Aviation

Transferred to Windrose Aviation.

Apr 1, 2013

Re-registered

Changed from UR-DAH to UR-WRL (still with Windrose Aviation).

Operators

1996-03-21

Canada 3000

Registration C-GVXD

2001-12-19

SkyService

Registration C-GJUM

2003-10-10

V Bird

Registration PH-VAE

2005-02-02

Germanwings

Registration D-AKNY

2008-03-14

Bahrain Air

Registration A9C-BAY

2011-07-02

DonbassAero

Registration UR-DAH

2013-01-02

Windrose Aviation

Registration UR-DAH

2013-04-01

Windrose Aviation

Registration UR-WRL

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BibTeX

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  title        = {{Airbus A320-200 (A320-212) · UR-WRL · Windrose Aviation}},
  publisher    = {Fundación Poderia},
  year         = {2026},
  date         = {2026-10-16},
  url          = {https://vuelopedia.org/en/aircraft/A320-579},
  howpublished = {\url{https://vuelopedia.org/en/aircraft/A320-579}},
  urldate      = {2026-10-27},
  note         = {Accessed 2026-10-27}
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