The wide-body Airbus A340 rivaled the Boeing 747 for much of its lifespan. These days, however, it is considered by some to ...

T he question of whether the Airbus A350 is bigger than the Airbus A340 might seem simple at first, but “size” in aviation ...

Tour company White Desert uses private jets to shuttle people to its Antarctic camps from South Africa. The largest option is the quad-engine Airbus A340, which touched down on the ice for the ...

An Airbus A340 passenger aircraft operated by Iberia, a unit of International Consolidated Airlines ... More Group SA (IAG), takes off from Madrid Barajas airport, operated by Aena SA, in Madrid ...

Hi Fly, a Portugal-based aircraft wet lease specialist, has successfully landed an Airbus A340 in Antarctica for the first time. The widebody aircraft flew 2,500 nautical miles (2,879 miles/4,633 ...

Virgin Atlantic Airways today confirmed that it will be the launch customer of the new Airbus A340-600 with the first aircraft entering service in June 2002.

One engine has stood the test of time and powered more planes than any other. After four decades, other engines have finally ...

WASHINGTON (CN) – The Federal Aviation Administration has issued Airworthiness Directives for airplane operators to correct unsafe conditions that may lead to a lack of structural integrity of their ...

As Airbus chief salesman John Leahy and his team celebrated the A330 twinjet's passing of the 1,000-order mark, the Sun was setting on its four-engined sister, the A340-300, as the final airline ...

The German Chancellor and German Finance Minister Olaf Scholz were originally aboard the Luftwaffe Airbus A340-300 “16+01” that had take off as GAF918 from Berlin on Nov. 29 at 19.15LT.

This French luxury tour company has planned multi-day around-the-world 'air cruises' using an Airbus A340 with lie-flat seats. Tickets start at $75,000. By Taylor Rains ...