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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 of the A300, its first airliner, and developed the A340 quadjet in parallel with the A330 twinjet.
Launch customer of the A340 alongside Air France [4] A340-300 to be replaced by Boeing 787-9 [5] Five A340-600 returned from long-term storage, later to be replaced by Boeing 777X: Mahan Air: 1 7 7 11 Maleth-Aero: 4 1 Mandarin Airlines: 1 Olympic Airlines: 4 Ceased operations in 2009 Philippine Airlines: 4 13 Plus Ultra Líneas Aéreas: 4 2 2 ...
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, the A350 ...
The Airbus A340-300 was delivered in 1994. The airline was the first in Asia to use the A340. The Airbus A330-200 aircraft were delivered later. [citation needed] In 2012, SriLankan Airlines aimed to boost its fleet to 35 aircraft over the next five years and had talks with both Airbus and Boeing regarding a deal. [57]
Airbus A340-300 Boeing 747-400: Leased from World Airways. [59] McDonnell Douglas MD-11ER: 2 NAMC YS-11: 12 1972 1985 Unknown Ex-Filipinas Orient Airways aircraft. [60] Short 360-300: 8 1987 1999 Fokker 50: One crashed near to Iligan Airport. [61] Scottish Aviation Twin Pioneer: Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Vickers Viscount: 4 1959 ...
Editor's note: This page reflects news of the plane crash near DC on Wednesday, Jan. 29. For the latest updates on the search for survivors, please read USA TODAY's live coverage of the rescue and ...
The update is more in line with data from one of the airline’s so-called black boxes. The NTSB said it pulled the Potomac TRACON – or terminal radar approach control – data to help resolve a ...
Air Canada's Airbus A340-500s were retired in November 2007 and replaced by Boeing 777-200LRs. [17] Air Canada's Airbus A340-300s were retired in November 2008 and replaced by Boeing 777-300ERs. [18] Air Canada's Boeing 767-200ERs were retired in the end of 2008 and replaced by Airbus A330-300s.