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It provides a passenger capacity similar to a 747 but with 25 per cent more cargo volume and lower trip and seat costs. The first flight of the A340-600 was made on 23 April 2001. [127] Virgin Atlantic began commercial services in August 2002. [128] [129] The variant's main competitor is the 777-300ER. The A340-600 was replaced by the A350-1000.
A European Cargo A340-600, at Bournemouth Airport in October 2023. European Cargo operates a fleet of Airbus A340 airliners in both cargo and passenger configurations. Parent company European Aviation has an additional 8 such aircraft, as well as 2 Boeing 737-300 s.
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 ...
“On a long flight from Hong Kong to London on the A340-300, they would often leave a lot of baggage behind when the plane was full,” Chiu adds. ... “My favorite A340 variant is the -600 ...
Airbus A340-300: 5 1996 2012 Airbus A340-600: 5 2003 2015 Boeing 737-200: 3 2001 2005 Boeing 737-300: 26 1998 2014 Boeing 767-300ER: 3 2003 2011 Acquired from China Yunnan Airlines. Bombardier CRJ-200ER: 5 2004 2016 Acquired from China Yunnan Airlines. All aircraft remained in the Yunnan landscape special livery previously painted by China ...
The flights were operated from 28 June 2004 [1] to 23 November 2013, [2] using an Airbus A340-500, and again from 11 October 2018 [3] using an Airbus A350-900ULR until operations were suspended on 25 March 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. On 27 March 2022, Singapore Airlines resumed operations using an Airbus A350-900ULR.
On April 30, 2019, Qatar Airways retired its last Airbus A340-600 from service after around 16 years of service. The last flight was QR835 from Bangkok Suvarnabhumi International Airport to Hamad International Airport. The removal from service was to lower the age of its fleet as well as its ineffectiveness compared to the Boeing 777 as stated ...
15 November 2007 – A new A340-600, registration A6-EHG, due for delivery to Etihad Airways was damaged beyond repair during ground testing at Airbus' facilities at Toulouse Blagnac International Airport in France. During a pre-delivery engine test, multiple safety systems had been disabled by engineers, leading to the non-chocked aircraft ...