Airbus launched the A330 and A340, with the latter taking its first maiden flight in October 1991. The plane was subsequently certified in December 1992, taking off for commercial use in March 1993.

An Edelweiss Airbus A340 departs Zurich Airport (ZRH) | IMAGE: Photo by David Syphers on Unsplash. According to data, as of May 2025, only seven airlines continue to operate 49 Airbus A340s on ...

French Navy Atlantique 2 at the Royal International Tattoo, RAF Fairford, in 2012. (Image credit: Tim Felce, via Wikimedia Commons) Based on the Airbus A321XLR civilian passenger aircraft, which ...

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According to Airbus, the design of the A340 has been refined over the years, resulting in significant improvements in fuel efficiency and operational performance. Although it has been succeeded by ...

On Jan. 27, 1986, the Airbus' Supervisory board agreed to move ahead with the development of the A330 and A340 models. Being developed so closely together, one would expect the similarities to be ...

Lighter Side. Politics. Science ... A worrying sign of the A340’s imminent demise is that there are currently no airlines operating the A340-500 variant, which Airbus introduced in 2003 as the ...

The Airbus A340-200 can carry 201-250 passengers in a typical layout and fly 6.700 nautical miles nonstop. The -300 variant is a longer version of the type, ... Among its main features, the A340 ...

Among its main features, the A340 included the Fly-By-Wire system and side-stick control inherited from the A320. Airbus even considered incorporating a variable camber wing, which would eventually ...

Flying Lufthansa’s Airbus A340-600 In 2023: Once in Munich, I’ll admit that I stood at the window looking at the A340-600 parked at gate L23 for quite some time. Personally, I think the A340-600 is ...

Germany has already replaced its old A340 fleet with next-generation Airbus A350 planes. After a more than 10-year run flying government officials around the world, Germany is selling off its last ...