A new British airline is building its future on outdated, fuel-thirsty Airbus widebodies that most major carriers have spent ...
The aircraft was designed in the late 1980s.
The A340-600 is quickly exiting from major airline service, a victim of the coronavirus downturn. Its last two large airline operators, Iberia and Lufthansa, are parking the four-engined jet known for ...
With four screaming engines, the wide-body Airbus A340 was a staple of long-distance travel in the 1990s. This aircraft had a massive presence that rivaled the Boeing 747, but the A340 is now ...
While the A380 superjumbo is enjoying a steady resurgence after having been on the brink of retirement during the pandemic, its older sibling – another four-engined aircraft from Airbus – seems ...
A new Swiss airline pitching itself as a go-to carrier for crisis response offers an intriguing twist: it plans ...
Portuguese wet-lease specialist Hi Fly has flown an Airbus A330-300 to Antarctica, claiming a first for the twinjet type. The ...
A five-year rest in a Thai beach town may be idyllic, but not for the six Thai Airways A340-600s parked at Pattaya’s U-Tapao airport 147km outside of Bangkok accumulating maintenance charges while ...
French investigators are advising that simulator training should incorporate shock effects after a pilot's startled reflex reaction to an overspeed alarm sent an Air France Airbus A340-300 into a ...
For the first time in history, an Airbus A340 plane has landed on Antarctica. Hi Fly, a boutique aviation company, was behind the flight. The company specializes in wet leases, which means they hire ...