The Airbus A340 is a long-range, wide-body passenger airliner that was developed and produced by Airbus. In the mid-1970s, Airbus conceived several derivatives...

below is a list of former and current operators of the Airbus A340 airliner. There were 214 Airbus A340 aircraft in commercial service as of November 2022[update]...

Competition between Airbus and Boeing Related development Airbus A300 Airbus A330 MRTT Airbus CC-330 Husky Airbus A330neo Airbus A340 Airbus Beluga XL Aircraft...

777-300ERs. On 16 November 2003, Emirates ordered 41 Airbus aircraft, comprising two A340-500s, 18 A340-600s and 21 A380-800s. On 20 November 2005, Emirates...

day, Airbus announced that it planned to formally launch the A330/A340 programme by mid-April 1987, and was on track to deliver the first A340 by May...

aircraft from Airbus, which joined the fleet the following year. Other Airbus models flown include the Airbus A310 from 1984 and the Airbus A340-300 from 26...

succeeds the A340 and competes against Boeing's large long-haul twinjets: the Boeing 787, the 777, and its future successor, the 777X. Airbus initially rejected...

leased two second hand Airbus A340-300s from Airbus Financial Services (AFS) to replace the 747's. On 24 February 2012 SAA's new Airbus A320-200, registration...

several conceived derivatives of Airbus's first airliner, the A300. The A330 was developed in parallel with the A340, which shared many common airframe...

component being manufactured by Airbus, including the then-heaviest planned part, the wing of the larger Airbus A340 variants. A speedy development program...

and the Airbus A340, the carrier chose the latter as the replacement of the DC-10. The Boeing 737-400 was added in 1991, and the first Airbus A340 in 1993...

Norris; Mark Wagner (2001). Airbus A340 and A330. pp. 73–74. ISBN 0-7603-0889-6. "World Ranger | Airbus Press Release". Airbus.com. Archived from the original...

"No Way BA/AA" protest in 1997. Boeing 747-200 in 1994. Airbus A340-300 in 2003. Airbus A340-600 Sleeping Beauty Rejuvenated in "Thank You" livery in...

and a range of 10,400 nmi (19,260 km). Based on Airbus' first four engine design, the ETOPS immune A340-300 Prestige offers a 7,700 nmi (14,300 km) range...

carried the name, an Airbus A310, an Airbus A340 and an Airbus A350. The first Konrad Adenauer (registration number 10+21) was an Airbus A310-304 (msn 498)...

and Bangkok). New aircraft were then delivered from Airbus in 2008 and 2009: an A330-200 and two A340-500s, the latter used for approximately 5 years on...

transport 3/60 Esterel, which operates three Airbus A310-304 and two Airbus A340-200s. Both Airbus A340-200 aircraft have been sold to Kenya for AMREF...

from the IAE V2500. It was offered as the primary engine option for the Airbus A340-200 and 300 in January 1987. Although several customers signed preliminary...

different aircraft families: the Airbus A320 and A320neo, Airbus A330, Airbus A340, Airbus A350, Airbus A380, Boeing 747 and Boeing 787. Additionally, Lufthansa...

Brussels Airlines and replaced by Airbus A340-300s inherited from parent Swiss. In 2021 Lufthansa moved Edelweiss Air's two Airbus A330-300s to Eurowings Discover...

Canada Jazz. Air Canada's Airbus A340-500s were retired in November 2007 and replaced by Boeing 777-200LRs. Air Canada's Airbus A340-300s were retired in November...

China Airlines placed orders for various airliners including the Airbus A330, Airbus A340, Boeing 737-800, as well as for additional 747-400s (both the passenger...

In 1995, Airbus began considering an engine for two new long-range derivatives of its four-engined A340, the A340-500/600. The existing A340-200/300 was...

produced at this point under the Airbus name, the Airbus A330 and the Airbus A340. In the early 1990s the then Airbus CEO Jean Pierson argued that the...

airline Hi Fly. Hi Fly Malta started operations in early 2013 with one Airbus A340-600 formerly operated by Virgin Atlantic with one more pre-owned on order...

routes to North America and Europe. The A350-900s also replaced the aging Airbus A340-300s that serves North America and Asia. In February 2018, Jaime Bautista...

an unusual side-by-side combination of two fuselages from its A340, the largest Airbus jet at the time.: 19  The A3XX was pitted against the VLCT study...

the Airbus A321neo, Airbus A330, Airbus A350 XWB, and Boeing 777 aircraft. The airline also operates a fleet of 20 Boeing 747 freighters. Airbus A321neo...

led to the introduction of the four-engine A340 in 1991 and the twinjet A330 in 1992. At that time, Airbus wanted to offer four-engined jet aircraft to...

Airbus A340-600 fleet will be retired with immediate effect and not return to service anymore. This decision was later overturned, with several A340-600...