The demise of WOW air was Air Canada Rouge’s gain. The airline took over eight of the Iceland based airline’s Airbus A321-200 aircraft, including C-GHPD. We photographed the former TF-KID (click for our previous article) while plane spotting at Toronto Pearson International Airport (YYZ) on September 8, 2019.
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C-GHPD
C-GHPD performed its first flight on June 23, 2013. The Airbus A321-211 was first delivered to UTair on July 24, 2013 as VP-BPS. UTair was founded in 1967 and is headquartered in Khanty-Mansiysk, Russia.
After being put in storage in January, 2015, the A321 was delivered to WOW air on February 25, 2016 as TF-KID. The airliner was then delivered to Air Canada Rouge on June 3, 2019.
This airplane is configured for a maximum total of 200 passengers, all in a single class system. This is one of 14 Airbus A321-200 models in the Rouge fleet. Eight of those were formerly with WOW air.
C-GHPD was formerly a registration number attached to an Air Canada Boeing 767-300ER. That aircraft first flew on February 4, 1991 and flew for Spanair from 1991 to 2002 as EC-FCU. The B763 was delivered to Air Canada on July 18, 2002 and was sent to scrap in November, 2013.
See more aircraft at our Air Canada Rouge Fleet Page.
Access all our featured aircraft at the Airplane Index Page.
Airbus A321-200
The largest in the Airbus A320 Family, the Airbus A321-200 first flew with launch customer Monarch Airlines in April, 1997. A rare, earlier version of the A321, the A321-100, was introduced with Lufthansa three years earlier in March, 1994.
The A321 is 45 metres or 146 feet in length (23 feet longer than the A320) and has a wingspan of 36 metres or 118 feet. At the tail, the aircraft stands 12 metres or 39 feet in height. The flight range is 5,950 kilometres. In all, nearly 1,500 have entered service.
Air Canada Rouge
Air Canada Rouge was founded in December, 2012 as a wholly owned subsidiary of Air Canada. The brand has a fleet of over 60 aircraft flying to 50 destinations. Prior to March, 2020, there were 25 Boeing 767-300ER, 22 Airbus A319-100, four Airbus A320-200 and 14 Airbus A321-200 models.
The airline announced at the start of May, 2020 that all Boeing 767 and Airbus A319 aircraft would be retired, a result of the COVID-19 fallout. This leaves the brand with just 18 airlines, all either Airbus A321-200 or Airbus A320-200. Through the main airline, Rouge is a member of the Star Alliance.