Werner Aero has acquired an Airbus A320-200 airframe, registered as MSN 3383, currently located at Ascent Aviation Services' facility in Tucson, Arizona.
The acquisition expands Werner Aero's A320-family portfolio and adds to the New Jersey-based company's growing teardown and asset management program. MSN 3383 will be processed for components and material that support airlines, lessors and other MRO providers working on A320-family aircraft.
"We are pleased to add MSN 3383 to our growing A320 portfolio," said Tony Kondo, President and CEO of Werner Aero. "This acquisition further strengthens our ability to provide customers with quality components and responsive aftermarket support."
Werner Aero, a subsidiary of Sumitomo Corporation, specializes in supplying used serviceable material for the A320, Boeing 737NG, E-Jet and CRJ platforms. The company does not operate its own teardown facility and instead works with partners such as Ascent Aviation Services in Tucson, along with eCube in Wales and Air Salvage International, to disassemble aircraft and recover parts.
Demand for A320-family components has stayed high as airlines keep older aircraft flying longer while new deliveries lag behind order books. Persistent shortages tied to the Pratt and Whitney PW1100G geared turbofan inspection program have pushed operators and parts suppliers to rely more heavily on used serviceable material pulled from retired airframes, adding value to teardown candidates like MSN 3383 even though the airframe itself is not especially old.
Tucson's Ascent Aviation Services facility has become one of the busier aircraft storage and dismantling sites in the country, drawing acquisitions from multiple component suppliers competing for the same pool of retiring A320-family jets.
Source: Werner Aero - https://werneraero.com/2026/08/werner-aero-acquires-airbus-a320-200-airframe-msn-3383/