N173US

This airframe, registered as N173US, is an Airbus A321-211 completed in 2001 with manufacturer's serial number 1481. The airframe is recorded as owned by BANK OF UTAH TRUSTEE, a corporation based in Salt Lake City, UT, US, and is registered in the US registry. The aircraft’s provenance is relatively straightforward with no additional operators listed; it is recorded as held in trust by BANK OF UTAH TRUSTEE in Salt Lake City. Condition and valuation specifics are not published in the supplied data, though age and configuration suggest it is an early-2000s A321 in typical mid-life service/lease condition.

The cabin of this specific A321 is outfitted in a two-class layout listed as C20Y170 (20 business / 170 economy; 190 total), providing a higher-density single-aisle configuration suitable for short- to medium-haul trunk routes. Typical mission profiles consistent with the aircraft’s performance would include transcontinental and regional international sectors up to its listed range of 3,024 nm, operated from the owner’s locale in Salt Lake City, UT or by third-party operators on lease. Avionics fit and line maintenance logs are not published for this airframe in the provided dataset. Maintenance considerations for this airframe are dominated by its twin CFM56-5B3/P engines and the aircraft’s early-2000s manufacture date, implying adherence to established A321 service bulletins, life-limited component tracking, and CFM56-specific shop visit intervals.

The Airbus A321-211 represents the stretched, higher-capacity member of the A320 family, occupying a niche for dense single-aisle routes where payload and range up to roughly 3,000 nm are needed. Competing models in this segment include stretched Boeing 737 variants offering similar seating and stage lengths. Buyer and charter demand for early-2000s A321s tends to favor operators seeking cost-effective seat-mile performance, but resale and lease rates are influenced by configuration (this airframe’s 190-seat layout), remaining structural life, and CFM56 engine condition. Maintenance and resale considerations center on compliance with continued airworthiness directives applicable to A321-200 series aircraft and the economics of CFM56 overhaul cycles.