United Air Lines Airbus
A319-131 N801UA (c/n 686)
Although the Airbus A319 was the
last new type to be accepted into the UAL inventory (in 1997)
very few of them have, as yet,
been repainted into the new 2004-style livery. The very
first one
delivered has, however, and Ben Wang caught it at San Jose's Norman Y.
Mineta International
Airport
in January of 2006. The A319 is basically a short bodied A320
with a 124-passenger
capacity. The -131 series
is powered by two IAEV2350-A5 turbofans.