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The first A340, a −200, was delivered to Lufthansa on 2 February 1993 and entered service on 15 March. [34] The 228-seat airliner was named Nürnberg. [36] The first A340-300, the 1000th Airbus, was delivered to Air France on 26 February, the first of nine it planned to operate by the end of the year. [34]
A340-200 sold to Philippine Airlines A340-600 sold to Hainan Airlines: China Airlines: 7 China Eastern Airlines: 5 5 China Southwest Airlines: 3 Merged with Air China in 2002 Conviasa: 2 1 3 5 Corsair International: 1 Leased from Hi Fly: Edelweiss Air: 5 5 To be replaced with Airbus A350-900 by 2025. [3] EgyptAir: 3 1 A340-300 leased from Gulf ...
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 ...
Lufthansa operates a mainline fleet of 296 aircraft, consisting of Airbus narrow and wide-body and Boeing wide-body aircraft. [1] [2] The mainline fleet is composed of seven different aircraft families: the Airbus A320 and A320neo families, Airbus A330, Airbus A340, Airbus A350, Airbus A380, Boeing 747 and Boeing 787.
June 16, 1993 (): An Airbus A340-200, F-WWBA, dubbed The World Ranger, set two new records as it flew an around the world route. First flying 19,089 kilometres (11,861 mi; 10,307 nmi) from Paris-Le Bourget Airport to Auckland , New Zealand in 21 hours and 32 minutes. [ 142 ]
An Airbus A310, Boeing 747-400, Boeing 747SP, and Airbus A340-200 were previously used as well. The A340, 767, and 787 carry a hybrid Royal Brunei Airlines livery, whereas the 747s carry a white livery with brown lines and the coat-of-arms of Brunei on the tail. All aircraft fly with their registrations without hyphens as callsigns. [citation ...
Compared to the original design's range of 7,000 nautical miles, the revised version – designated the A340-200 – was projected to have a range up to 8,000 nautical miles with full passenger load. [4] Airbus decided on 26 December 1986 to offer the SuperFan as primary engine option for the A340. [5]
In late 2014, parent company Lufthansa announced it would begin transferring eight of its Airbus A340-300 aircraft to CityLine. After reconfiguration to a high-density configuration, these aircraft would be owned by CityLine and operated by CityLine pilots but wet-leased back to Lufthansa and serviced by Lufthansa cabin crews starting in 2015 for use on leisure routes. [7]