The missing AirAsia Airbus A320-200 airliner with the registration number PK-AXC, operating flight QZ8501, was only 6 years old. The ...
The aircraft was delivered to AirAsia on 15 October 2008, leased from German based Doric Leasing Corp.
Powered by CFM 56-5B engines, the aircraft had accumulated approximately 23,000 flight hours in some 13,600 flights. The aircraft had undergone its last scheduled maintenance on 16 November 2014.
The captain in command had a total of 20,537 flying hours of which, 6,100 flying hours were with AirAsia Indonesia on the Airbus A320. The first office officer had a total of 2,275 flying hours with AirAsia Indonesia.
Indonesia AirAsia operates a fleet of 30 A320s, with an additional four of the type on order. AirAsia is the largest A320 Family airline customer in the world.
The Airbus A320-200 is a twin-engine single-aisle aircraft seating up to 180 passengers in a single-class configuration. The first A320 entered service in March 1988. By the end of November 2014, over 6000 A320 Family aircraft were in service with over 300 operators. To date, the entire fleet has accumulated some 154 million flight hours in some 85 million flights.
