About Southwind Airlines

Southwind Airlines is a Turkish leisure airline founded in April 2022 by Cortex Havacilik ve Turizm Ticaret A.S. Flights to Russia commenced in August of that year, while Germany was added to its network a month later. The airline's main base and headquarters are in Antalya. The airline was banned from EU airspace in March 2024.

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About the A321:

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 236 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.

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About TC-GRD:

TC-GRD is one of two Airbus A321's in the Southwind fleet. It has been in service with Southwind more than TC-GRC, meanwhile TC-GRC is the older aircraft.

This specific aircraft had its first flight at 4/11/2013, is 11.2 years old, and was tested at Hamburg's Airbus Finkenwerder Airport (XFW/EDHI) with the test registration D-AVZL. Its Manufacturer Serial Number (MSN) is 5836.

The aircraft has been cureently been in service with the following airlines:

• Etihad Airways, from 12/11/2013 - 14/11/2020, with the registration A6-AEA.
  
  
  
  • It was stored at Ljubljana Airport (LJU/LJLJ) 13/4/2022 - 17/7/2022
  
  
• Air Lease Corporation (ALC), from 20/4/2022 - 22/7/2022, with the registration OE-LCU.
  
  
  
  • It was stored Antalya Airport (AYT/LTAI) from 17/7/2022 - 11/8/2022
  
  
• Southwind Airlines, since 22/7/2022, with the registration TC-GRD.

It has been doing flights with Southwind to this day.

Photos of TC-GRD (irl):

Reference No.1! ^ up there.

Reference No.2! ^ up there.

Other Information:

In-game reporting name: Airbus A321-200 - Southwind Airlines
Wow 2 builds in 1 day?
Yeah this was kinda rushed.

That's all! Iyi eglenceler!

(Iyi eglenceler is Have Fun in Turkish.)