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 ...

US airports will have flights on the Airbus A340, A380, or the passenger Boeing 747. Of these, only five—Boston, Los Angeles, ...

NEW YORK - The Air France jetliner that burst into flames while landing in Toronto is the first A340 plane to crash since the craft was introduced by manufacturer Airbus more than a decade ago.

The Air France A340-300 that overran the runway at Toronto Pearson airport on 2 August does not appear to have suffered any technical problems, the Transportation Safety Board of Canada (TSB ...

The A300 first flew a mere five years after the agreement of 1967 and entered service with Air France ... have at least 275 metric tons (303.1 US tons) to carry aboard a fully loaded A340-200 ...

Some experts have said ... According to Air France, the captain of Flight AF 447 had a record of 11,000 flight hours and had already flown 1,700 hours on Airbus A330/A340 aircraft.

That was, after all, what happened to the presidential A340 ... Air France a party in the judicial process too, adding an extra layer of complexity to the case. This amount is likely to have ...

On June 19, Mr. Gourgeon, in an interview with French radio RTL, stated, “For the A330 and A340 ... June 6, Air France acknowledged that the air-speed monitors on Airbus planes have proven ...

Amidst ongoing concerns with Boeing and its 737 Max aircraft, it's helpful to cut through the negativity and remember that air is still ... the A330 and A340 should have been more than enough ...