Skywind A320

G-SFQA
AIRBUS A320-232SL
AGE - 16.5 Years

Skywind Airlines operate 24 A320-232s, 14 have had sharklets retrofitted while 10 have had them since new. However the oldest A320s will start to be replaced in a couple of months time when Skywind takes delivery of their first 6 A320neos. The A320s fly to European destinations such as: Warsaw, Bilbao, Innsbruck, Dusseldorf, Munich, Berlin(TXL), Gibraltar, Malaga, Milan and Rome and loads more. All A320s in the fleet are configured with 12 Business Class seats and 166 Economy Class seats with moderate legroom.

Skywind has had only one accidents involving their A320s, one accident was at Vienna in 2012 while G-SFQF was operating SK256 (VIE - LHR) when the number 2 engine suffered a sever compressor stall which led to a complete engine failure after V1 the plane was able to return to Vienna airport and safely offload all passengers on the taxiway, G-SFQF was repaired and returned back to LHR safely.