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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 ...
Air Canada was supposed to be the launch customer but filed for bankruptcy in January 2003, delaying delivery to March. This allowed early deliveries to the new launch customer, Emirates, allowing the carrier to launch nonstop service from Dubai to New York—its first route in the Americas. The A340-500 can fly 313 passengers in a three-class ...
A worrying sign of the A340’s imminent demise is that there are currently no airlines operating the A340-500 variant, which Airbus introduced in 2003 as the world’s longest-range commercial ...
The older Airbus A340-300 aircraft were withdrawn from service in April 2015, as rising costs had made it less economical to run the type. Virgin Atlantic had begun to replace the A340-300 on routes with the two-engine A330-300 and 787-9. The final Virgin Atlantic A340-300 flight was made on 9 April, landing at Heathrow early on 10 April. [30]
Worldwide A310 launch customer alongside Swissair. Airbus A310-300: 12 1989 2005 Airbus A330-200: 5 2002 2006 Airbus A340-200: 8 1993 2003 Worldwide A340 launch customer alongside Air France. [47] Boeing 707-320B: 18 1963 1984 Also used in cargo configuration. [46] One crashed as flight LH527. Boeing 707-320C: Boeing 707-420: 5 1960 1977 Boeing ...
Airbus A340-300: 13 1995 2008 Replaced by Boeing 777-300ER. [20] Airbus A340-500: 2 2004 2007 Disposed to TAM Airlines. Replaced by Boeing 777-200LR. [20] Avro Lancastrian: Unknown 1943 1947 [20] BAe 146-200: 5 1990 2005 Operated by Air BC. [20] 5 Operated by Air Nova. Boeing 727-200: 30 1974 1992 [20] Boeing 737-200: 44 1976 2004
In July 2020, Conviasa bought a 23-year old Airbus A340-300 to supplement its single A340-200, as well as to reinforce air cargo and long radius. [citation needed] In March and June 2022, Conviasa received two 20-year old Airbus A340-600s as part of the company's fleet expansion, also announcing that it will receive an A340-500 in the following ...
A340-500 aircraft were formerly employed to serve this route until their retirement in 2013. [64] SIA resumed the route following the acquisition of new Airbus A350-900ULR aircraft on 18 October 2018. [64] [65] At the time, Singapore Airlines Flights 21 and 22 was the longest scheduled route in the world. [66]