BWIA International Airbus A321-131 9Y-BWB CN614 . Taken On December 14 , 1996 At Miami , Florida (KMIA) Editorial Photo

BWIA International Airbus A321-131 9Y-BWB CN614 . Taken on December 14 , 1996 at Miami International Airport , Florida (KMIA) 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.A321-100The original derivative of the A321, the A321-100, had shorter range than the A320 because no extra fuel tank was added to compensate for the increased weight. The MTOW of the A321-100 is 83,000 kg (183,000 lb). The A321-100 entered service with Lufthansa in 1994. Only about 90 were produced a few were later converted to the A321-200 variant