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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.
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 ...
The A340 flight demonstrator. The demonstrator took off on 26 September, 2017. [2] In April 2018, after 66 flight hours, drag reduction is better than expected at 10% and laminar flow is more stable than anticipated, including when the wing twists and flexes.
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, the A350 ...
The A350 was the first Airbus aircraft made largely from carbon-fiber-reinforced polymers. It is longer and wider than the fuselage used on the A300, A310, A330, and A340. A second narrow-body jet was added to the product list in 2018 when Airbus gained control of the Bombardier CSeries programme, and rebranded it as the A220.
Breakthrough Laminar Aircraft Demonstrator in Europe; D. Deli Mike; O. List of Airbus A340 operators This page was last edited on 26 November 2024, at 23:52 (UTC) ...
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.
The Airbus A330 is a wide-body, dual-isle, twin-engine jet airliner made by Airbus. Versions of the A330 have a range of 7,400 to 13,430 kilometres (4,000 to 7,250 nautical miles), and can accommodate up to 335 passengers in a two-class layout, or carry 70 tonnes (150,000 pounds) of cargo.