2016 Airbus A321-211

N715FR is a 2016 Airbus A321-211, serial 7313, built for Frontier Airlines and photographed brand new at Tampa International Airport in 2016, where it carries the tail art name Cactus The Coyote, part of Frontier's tradition of painting each aircraft with a different animal mascot. The aircraft has been held through owner trustees rather than owned outright by the airline, registered to Wells Fargo Bank Northwest NA Trustee from 2016 and to Wells Fargo Trust Co NA Trustee also from 2016, before passing to Wilmington Trust Co Trustee from 2020. Frontier has separately disclosed a lease dispute with Wells Fargo affecting about 10 percent of its aircraft, though there is no indication this particular airframe was part of that dispute. Operationally the jet logged 1,146 flights and 2,049.1 hours in the observed year, with stops including Tampa, Chicago O'Hare, Denver, Cancun, Philadelphia, and Cleveland. Its most recent observed stay was a 21-day stop at Tampa (KTPA), which may be its likely current chapter, though this cannot be confirmed as anything beyond a routine turnaround or maintenance visit. Several sister ships from the same A321-211 production family have had their FAA registrations retired, though their serial numbers do not consistently place them earlier or later in the production run relative to N715FR.

Livery guess: Frontier Airlines - Cactus The Coyote. Named and photographed as a Frontier Airlines aircraft with this tail art

1. N715FR - Frontier Airlines Airbus A321 at Tampa Intl
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