Airbus A319-100 - Air Berlin
About Air Berlin:
Air Berlin plc & Co. Luftverkehrs KG (FWB: AB1), branded as airberlin or airberlin.com, was a major German airline. At its peak, it was Germany's second-largest airline after Lufthansa, as well as Europe's tenth-largest airline in terms of passengers carried. It was headquartered in Berlin and had hubs at Berlin Tegel Airport and Düsseldorf Airport. At the time of its insolvency, it was a member of the Oneworld airline alliance, having joined in 2012.
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About the Airbus A319:
The Airbus A319 is a member of the Airbus A320 family of short- to medium-range, narrow-body, commercial passenger twin-engine jet airliners manufactured by Airbus. The A319 carries 124 to 156 passengers and has a maximum range of 3,700 nmi (6,900 km; 4,300 mi). Final assembly of the aircraft takes place in Hamburg, Germany and Tianjin, China.
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About D-ABGJ:
D-ABGJ is one of 11 A319’s in Air Berlin’s fleet at the time of closure, and one of a total of 21 in total. This aircraft I did in particular is because it was the first A319 to be painted in Air Berlin’s new colours, in 2008.
This specific aircraft had its first flight on 19/2/2008, is 16.9 years old, and was tested at Hamburg’s Airbus-Finkenwerder Airport (XFW/EDHI), with the test registration D-AVYI. It’s MSN is 3415.
This specific aircraft has currently been in service with the following airlines:
Note, any on bold will be seen as Not Taken up.
- Air Berlin, from 4/3/2008 - 3/12/2012, with the registration D-ABGJ.
- Niki, from 3/12/2012 - 25/10/2013, with the registration OE-LOE.
- Air Berlin, from 25/10/2013 - 20/4/2015, with the registration D-ABGJ.
- Niki, from 20/4/2015 - 14/2/2017, with the registration OE-LOE.
- Air Berlin, from 14/2/2017 - 9/3/2017, with the registration D-ABGJ.
- Eurowings, since 9/3/2017, with the registration D-ABGJ.
- Leased from Air Berlin’s Until ??/10/2017.
- Withdrawn from use in 31/10/2017
- Stored at Berlin Schönefeld Airport (SXF/EDDB) 1/11/2017 - 6/12/2017
- Stored at Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport (BUD/LHBP) 6/12/2017 - 8/1/2018
- Stored at Paderborn Lippstadt Airport (PAD/EDLP) 11/1/2018 - 12/3/2019
- Returned to service at 16/3/2019.
- Stored at Düsseldorf Airport (DUS/EDDL) 26/3/2020 - 26/5/2021.
- LaudaMotion, with the registration OE-LNL.
- Leased from Lufthansa Group.
The aircraft continues to fly with Eurowings to this day.
Photos of D-ABGJ:
My reference photo! ^ Up there.
Other Information:
In-game reporting name: Airbus A319-100 - Air Berlin
I spent way too long on this, is this the most realistic Air Berlin livery?
That's all! Viel Spaß!
Specifications
Spotlights
- CCCP0000001 13 days ago
- Aviationguy24 13 days ago
General Characteristics
- Predecessor A319[CFM]
- Created On iOS
- Wingspan 112.0ft (34.1m)
- Length 111.0ft (33.8m)
- Height 40.4ft (12.3m)
- Empty Weight N/A
- Loaded Weight 43,531lbs (19,745kg)
Performance
- Power/Weight Ratio 0.578
- Horse Power/Weight Ratio 0.068
- Wing Loading 27.7lbs/ft2 (135.2kg/m2)
- Wing Area 1,571.5ft2 (146.0m2)
- Drag Points 10005
Parts
- Number of Parts 562
- Control Surfaces 9
- Performance Cost 3,230