Lufthansa was the first operator of the Airbus A340. It first flew the Airbus A340-200 in 1993, later retiring all eight of its examples by 2003. It's also the largest operator of the A340-300 ...

For the first time in history, an Airbus A340 plane has landed on Antarctica. Hi Fly, a boutique aviation company, was behind the flight. The company specializes in wet leases, which means they ...

The A340 was introduced 30 years ago with Lufthansa and Air France, but only 380 have been produced since, the last in 2012. By comparison, Airbus has already made 565 of its successor ...

That is, of course, unless you've had the pleasure of riding aboard an Airbus A330 or A340. While the name "Airbus" may not instill much confidence in the comfort and convenience of flying an A330 ...

The fully inflated slide is 31 feet long. Yusu Ren THE POST-CRASH FIRE THAT CONSUMED Air France Flight 358, an Airbus A340 that overran a Toronto runway in 2005, could have been a killer ...

If all that's true, think of the Airbus A340 as the complete opposite. Despite sporting four engines instead of two, the A340 is notorious worldwide for being an absolute pig. For better or worse ...

This modern, relatively efficient long-range airliner was Airbus's flagship plane for years. Its two-engined sibling, the A330, also sold over 1,800 copies across two generations. Yet, the A340 is ...

Take a look inside the massive A340-300 — aptly nicknamed, BIG. A UK charter airline is selling $10,000 seats for flights from London to Barbados on a massive Airbus private jet that requires a ...

Germany will speed retirement of its two Airbus A340 government aircraft after one of the long-range jets broke down twice en route to Australia, forcing Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock to ...

PARIS, April 1 (Reuters) - Airbus (AIR.PA), opens new tab delivered about 70 planes in March, industry sources said on Tuesday, up about 11% from March last year but leaving the European group a ...

Airbus Chief Executive Guillaume Faury has set the stage for a tussle with U.S. airline customers, saying the planemaker won't cover the cost of tariffs for imported aircraft. "We will not, as far ...

For the first time in history, an Airbus A340 plane has landed on Antarctica. Hi Fly, a boutique aviation company, was behind the flight. The company specializes in wet leases, which means they ...