Once a staple of long-haul travel and a symbol of Airbus’ ambition to rival Boeing’s widebodies, the four-engine Airbus A340 ...

However, in recent years, these aircraft have become increasingly rare, with the onset of the coronavirus pandemic only ...

Lufthansacurrently flies eight enormous Airbus A340-600s, while Mahan Air and Conviasa fly the rest. The Airbus A340-300, meanwhile, is the most common A340 variant still flying, with use by seven ...

Conviasa now operates two ATR 42-400s ... codeshare with Air Europa - the airline took delivery of an A340-200 in May on lease from Airbus. However, the airline has reportedly opted to return ...

A Conviasa Airbus A340-600 registration YV-3533 has also landed at Ezeiza at least four times between April and May. Both airplanes used to fly under Mahan Air colors. Venezuelan President ...

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 ...

PARIS (Reuters) - Airbus and its engine makers have acted to try to shore up the value of second-hand A340 aircraft as the European planemaker tries to reduce its financial exposure to depressed ...

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 ...