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Airbus A321-100 (A321-131)

A321-1042Scrapped

RegistrationAWP4-NAS

OperatorAir Astana

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Airbus A321-100 (A321-131) built in 1999. Operated for All Nippon Airways and Air Astana. Scrapped.

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Nearly new · 8 years · ≈ 27,200 flight hours (approx.)

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Technical data

ManufacturerAirbus

Engines2× 2 x IAE V2530-A5

Seats195 (C30 · Y165)

First flight1999

Country of registrationAruba

MSN1042

Hex / ICAO 24-bit484355

VerificationPending check against the official civil register

The model · Airbus A321

Figures for the A321-200 variant, the most representative of the family

Length44.5 m146 ft

Wingspan35.8 m117 ft

Height11.8 m39 ft

Range5,926 km3,200 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 weight93,500 kg206,132 lb

Maximum payload45,000 kg99,208 lbIts 185 passengers with baggage would weigh about 18.5 t; the rest is fuel and cargo

Typical capacity185 passengersUp to 230 in a high-density layout

Endurance7 h 09 minAt cruise speed, non-stop

With its 5,926 km range, from Tokyo it could fly non-stop as far as:

DELNew Delhi5,862 km SINSingapore5,300 km BKKBangkok4,590 km HKGHong Kong2,903 km PEKBeijing2,092 km

Beyond its rangeBOMMumbai6,734 km

The type first flew in 1993 (33 years ago) · About 3,400 units built · Still in production

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Seating layout

30Business

165Economy

195 seats in total

Airports

Airports of the airlines that have operated it

1999–2007All Nippon Airways network of its single-aisle aircraft

Base

HNDTokyo

Main destinations

CTSSapporo NGOTokoname OKANaha KIXOsaka FUKFukuoka ICNSeoul ITMOsaka NRTNarita SDJNatori PEKBeijing PVGShanghai (Pudong)

since 2007Air Astana network of its single-aisle aircraft

Base

ALAAlmaty

Main destinations

TSEGUWAtyrau ISTIstanbul SCOAktau AKXAktobe AUHAbu Dhabi KZOKyzylorda LHRLondon PEKBeijing SVOMoscow UKKUst-Kamenogorsk (Oskemen)

Flight logbook

Under research

Aircraft chronology

1999

Built

Assembled by Airbus.

Jul 6, 1999

Delivered to All Nippon Airways

Delivered to All Nippon Airways as JA105A.

Mar 1, 2007

Transferred to Air Astana

Transferred to Air Astana.

Operators

1999-07-06

All Nippon Airways

Registration JA105A

2007-03-01

Air Astana

Registration P4-NAS

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BibTeX

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  title        = {{Airbus A321-100 (A321-131) · P4-NAS · Air Astana}},
  publisher    = {Fundación Poderia},
  year         = {2026},
  date         = {2026-10-16},
  url          = {https://vuelopedia.org/en/aircraft/A321-1042},
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  urldate      = {2026-10-17},
  note         = {Accessed 2026-10-17}
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