N542VL

This airframe, registered as N542VL, is an Airbus A321-271N built in 2019 with manufacturer serial number 8603. The aircraft is recorded as owned by WILMINGTON TRUST CO TRUSTEE (a corporation located in Wilmington, DE, US), indicating a trustee-held ownership structure rather than a direct operator stake. The registration is listed under the US registry; no alternate operators or subsequent transfers are documented in the supplied data. Condition and valuation specifics are not published in the provided dataset, but the trustee ownership suggests institutional financing or leasing arrangements typical for late-model narrowbodies.

The aircraft is configured in a high-density single-class layout mirroring a Volaris-style configuration with approximately 222 seats, a layout optimized for short- to medium-haul, high-capacity scheduled service. Its Airbus A320-family digital flight deck integrates EFIS/FMS and the fly-by-wire architecture common to the A320neo family, supporting modern operational workflows, reduced pilot workload and compatibility with airline fleet commonality programs. With a 4,000 nm range and a cruise speed around 473 knots, the airframe is suited to dense domestic and transcontinental missions as well as some longer thin transborder sectors when deployed in high-utilization networks. Trustee ownership may impose routine lessor-directed maintenance oversight and records scrutiny common to aircraft held as financial assets.

As an Airbus A321-271N, this airframe belongs to the A321neo subfamily, offering higher-capacity narrowbody performance driven by geared turbofan technology in the IAE PW1100G series. The type competes with stretched variants of the Boeing 737 MAX family for replacement and growth routes, prized for fuel efficiency and cabin density. Buyers and lessors typically value late-production, single-class-configured examples for low-cost carrier deployment; resale and maintenance considerations center on engine shop visit schedules for the PW1133G-JM and the aircraft’s utilization history under trust-held ownership.