Over 377 A340s were developed throughout the type's lifespan, and they were a reliable choice for transoceanic operations.

Once a staple of long-haul travel and a symbol of Airbus’ ambition to rival Boeing’s widebodies, the four-engine Airbus A340 ...

“The A340 is, almost inarguably, the prettiest of all the Airbus jets, and I’m sad to see fewer and fewer of them around,” says Patrick Smith, an airline pilot flying Boeing aircraft and the ...

Lufthansa plans to retire its fleet of Airbus A340-600s at the start of 2026 as the airline introduces more efficient ...

Will we ever see another quadjet airliner? On the horizon, we have the Boeing 777X set to debut later this decade. This is an ...

For better or worse, the A340 is like a Geo Metro in the ... shortened by roughly 6.95 m (22.8 ft). In turn, Airbus' current bread and butter aircraft, the narrow-body, twin-jet A320 family ...

However, Lufthansa has gone for a rather different approach with a retired Airbus A340-600. The German airline is giving the aircraft, identified by the registration code D-AIHO – a fresh start ...

An Airbus A340 aircraft just landed on Antarctica for the first time ever — see the history of aviation on the 7th continent "Its four engines redundancy and very long range make it the ideal ...

Germany's Air Force is selling its former VIP Airbus A340-300 plane in mid-Janaury 2024 ... Germany since 2011 after serving as a passenger aircraft for Lufthansa. The state-owned trust company ...

A Lufthansa Airbus A340 was damaged after a fire broke out ... The A340 was painted in a special Star Alliance livery. “The aircraft is heavily damaged,” Lufthansa said in a statement to ...