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May 3, 2024 · The Airbus A340 airplane was built to rule long-haul travel. Now it’s vanishing from the skies. By Jacopo Prisco, CNN. 6 minute read. Updated 7:15 AM EDT, Fri May 3, 2024. Link Copied! The...
- The Oldest and Youngest A340s
- Scheduled Carriers
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- Retirements Looming
- Flying For Many More Years
At the time of publication, it appears that as many 72 Airbus A340sare listed as active by Planespotters.net, although it's worth noting that some of these may be parked indefinitely, waiting to be phased out. The oldest of these airframes, at a little over 31 years, is an A340-300 operated by Iran's Aseman Airlines. This aircraft is registered as ...
Covering the main scheduled operators around the world, German flag carrier Lufthansa is currently the largest operator of the Airbus A340, as the airline has 27 A340s in its fleet. This breaks down to 17 A340-300s and 10 of the larger -600. In January, we reported on the airline's plans to reactivate more A340-600sthan it had originally planned. E...
While potentially operating less frequent services, the A340 also features in the fleets of several charter airlinesas well. Charter airlines are broad and range from wet-lease offerings for conventional passenger services, all the way to high-end luxury transport. Here are a few notable examples when it comes to active A340s. Saudi Arabia's Sky Pr...
With its ability to fly long-haul operations and offer a generous amount of cabin space, the A340 has been chosen by numerous governments for their VIP transport needs. The current list of active government A340 operators is as follows: 1. Government of Azerbaijan: One A340-600 (via AZAL) 2. Algerian Government: One A340-500 3. German Air Force: Tw...
While it appears that there are dozens of A340s active in the skies today, we can expect numbers to steadily decline in the years to come. This isn't exactly a new trend but is something that has been going on for years. Last year, Venezuela's Conviasa ended its A340-200 operations, reportedly having stripped its one -200 for parts in Iran. The jet...
While the trend of retiring relatively inefficient A340s for modern twinjets appears to be a global trend, it's clear that certain operators of the type will have no choice but to continue flying their existing A340s. The prime example is Iran, which has had its aviation industry somewhat stunted and hindered due to ongoing sanctions against the co...
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Jan 14, 2024 · In this article, we examine the active global A340 fleet and where travelers have the best chances of spotting or stepping onboard the now out-of-production jet. It might be hard to believe, but there are now more active Airbus A340s listed with Planespotters.net than compared to March 2023 - a modest addition of six, to be precise. The change ...
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Jan 18, 2022 · Published Jan 18, 2022. SONY DSC. With some 74 Airbus A340s listed as active in 2022, just 14 of them are the longer -600 variant. With just seven different operators of these 14 aircraft, let's take a look at who's flying the aircraft and what kind of routes are being flown. Photo: Papas Dos via Wikimedia Commons.
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Jan 12, 2023 · Lufthansa is continuing to put more Airbus A340-600s into service, which is exciting news. By the summer of 2023, we should see 10 A340-600s flying once again, out of both Frankfurt and Munich. While these aren’t the most modern planes in Lufthansa’s fleet, they feature first class, and it’s generally a fun plane for avgeeks.
Apr 7, 2024 · An Edelweiss Airbus A340 had a pretty dramatic takeoff from Zurich on Saturday. The jet rotated and became airborne, but then started losing altitude shortly after takeoff. The plane finally gained altitude again just shortly before the end of the runway, in an incident that makes for quite a sight.
