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Set out below is a list of former and current operators of the Airbus A340 airliner.

Operators

There were 214 Airbus A340 aircraft in commercial service as of November 2022.

Airline Country 200 300 500 600 Still in
service 		Notes
Aerolíneas Argentinas Argentina 4 9
Aerolíneas Estelar Venezuela 1 Leased from Hi Fly Malta
Air Atlanta Icelandic Iceland 2 2
Air Belgium Belgium 4 Replaced by Airbus A330-900
AirBlue Pakistan 2
Air Bourbon France 1 Ceased operations in 2004
Transferred to Air Europa
Air Canada Canada 13 2 A340-500 leased to TAM Linhas Aéreas
Air China China 6
Air Comet Spain 3 Ceased operations in 2009
Air Europa Spain 1
Air France France 6 24 Launch customer of A340-300
Air Jamaica Jamaica 3
Air Lanka Sri Lanka 3 Rebranded as SriLankan Airlines in 1999
Air Leisure Egypt 3 Leased from EgyptAir
Air Liberté France 2 2 Ceased operations in 2003
Air Madagascar Madagascar 2
Air Mauritius Mauritius 8
Air Namibia Namibia 2
Air Tahiti Nui French Polynesia 1 5
AirX Charter Malta 3 2 1 A340-600 sold to Air Atlanta Icelandic
AirAsia X Malaysia 2
Airhub Airlines Malta 3 Transferred to Legend Airlines
AOM French Airlines France 3 2 Merged with Air Liberté in 2001
Arik Air Nigeria 2 Leased from Hi Fly
Austrian Airlines Austria 2 2 A340-200 sold to the French Air Force
A340-300 sold to Swiss International Air Lines
Avior Airlines Venezuela 1 Transferred to Conviasa
Azerbaijan Airlines Azerbaijan 2 1 3 Both A340-500s are stored
Azman Air Nigeria 1 1
Bek Air Kazakhstan 3
Brussels Airlines Belgium 2 Operated for Eurowings
BWIA West Indies Airways Trinidad and Tobago 2 Rebranded to Caribbean Airlines in 2006
Caribbean Airlines Trinidad and Tobago 2
Cathay Pacific Hong Kong 4 18 3 A340-200 sold to Philippine Airlines
A340-600 sold to Hainan Airlines
China Airlines Taiwan 7
China Eastern Airlines China 5 5
China Southwest Airlines China 3 Merged with Air China in 2002
Conviasa Venezuela 2 1 3 5
Corsair International France 1 Leased from Hi Fly
Edelweiss Air Switzerland 5 5 To be replaced with Airbus A350-900 by 2025.
EgyptAir Egypt 3 1 A340-300 leased from Gulf Air
Emirates United Arab Emirates 8 10 Launch customer of A340-500
Etihad Airways United Arab Emirates 1 4 7 A340-300 sold to Hi Fly
A340-600 sold to European Aviation
Eurowings Germany 2 Operated by Brussels Airlines
Government, Corporate, Private and undisclosed 5 33 7 24 69
Finnair Finland 7
Garuda Indonesia Indonesia 3 Leased from China Southwest Airlines
Gulf Air Bahrain 10
Hainan Airlines China 3
Hi Fly Portugal 3 2
Hi Fly Malta Malta 8 4 4
Iberia Spain 21 18
Iran Air Iran 1 Leased from Conviasa
Iran Aseman Airlines Iran 1 1
Jet Airways India 3 Leased from South African Airways
Joon France 4 Reintegrated into Air France in 2019
Kam Air Afghanistan 6 4
Kuwait Airways Kuwait 4
LAN Airlines Chile 5
Legend Airlines Romania 3 3
Lufthansa Germany 8 30 24 27 Launch customer of the A340 alongside Air France
A340-300 to be replaced by Boeing 787-9
Five A340-600 returned from long-term storage, later to be replaced by Boeing 777X
Mahan Air Iran 1 7 7 11
Maleth-Aero Malta 4 1
Mandarin Airlines Taiwan 1
Olympic Airlines Greece 4 Ceased operations in 2009
Philippine Airlines Philippines 4 13
Plus Ultra Líneas Aéreas Spain 4 2 2 To be retired by 2025.
Qatar Airways Qatar 4
Royal Brunei Airlines Brunei 1
Royal Jordanian Jordan 4
Sabena Belgium 2 3 Ceased operations in 2001
Safi Airways Afghanistan 1
Saudia Saudi Arabia 4 Leased from Hi Fly, AirAsia X and Kuwait Airways
Scandinavian Airlines Sweden 8
Singapore Airlines Singapore 17 5
South African Airways South Africa 6 8 9 1
SpiceXpress India 1 Leased from Hi Fly Malta
SriLankan Airlines Sri Lanka 7
Surinam Airways Suriname 3
Swiss International Air Lines Switzerland 15 4 To be replaced with Airbus A350-900 by 2025.
Syrian Air Syria 2 2
TAM Linhas Aéreas Brazil 2 Leased from Air Canada
TAP Air Portugal Portugal 4
Thai Airways International Thailand 4 6
Turkish Airlines Turkey 9 Includes one aircraft nicknamed Deli Mike
Virgin Atlantic United Kingdom 10 19 Launch customer of A340-600
Virgin Nigeria Nigeria 2 Leased from Virgin Atlantic
XL Airways France France 1 Leased from Hi Fly

Orders and deliveries

The following is a list of orders and deliveries for the Airbus A340 by variant.

Customer Orders
A340-200 A340-300 A340-500 A340-600 Total
Air Canada 8 2 10
Air China 3 3
Air France 3 11 14
Air Mauritius 5 5
Air Tahiti Nui 4 4
AJW Capital Partners 2 2
Arik Air 2 2
Austrian Airlines 2 2 4
Cathay Pacific 15 3 18
China Airlines 6 6
China Eastern Airlines 5 5 10
China Southwest Airlines 3 3
EgyptAir 3 3
Emirates 10 10
Etihad Airways 4 7 11
Finnair 4 4
Flightlease 2 2
Governments; Executive and Private 6 1 5 2 14
Gulf Air 6 6
Iberia 18 16 34
International Lease Finance Corporation 16 13 29
Kuwait Airways 4 4
LAN-Chile 4 4
Lufthansa 7 28 24 59
Olympic Airlines 4 4
Philippine Airlines 4 4 8
Qatar Airways 4 4
Sabena 3 2 5
Scandinavian Airlines 7 7
Singapore Airlines 17 5 22
South African Airways 6 6 12
SriLankan Airlines 3 3
Swiss International Air Lines 9 9
TAP Air Portugal 4 4
Thai Airways 4 6 10
Turkish Airlines 7 7
Union de Transports Aériens 7 7
Virgin Atlantic 7 14 21
Totals 28 218 34 97 377

See also

References

Footnotes

  1. All aircraft delivered to Air France.

Citations

  1. ^ "Orders & Deliveries". Airbus. 30 June 2021. Archived from the original on 10 February 2019. Retrieved 9 July 2021.
  2. aerotelegraph.com (German) 29 March 2022
  3. "Edelweiss modernises its long-haul fleet with the Airbus A350-900". Edelweiss Air (Press release). Retrieved 18 September 2023.
  4. aero.de (German) 25 October 2016
  5. aerotelegraph.com - "Airbus A340-300 is Lufthansa's 787 backup solution" (German) 4 November 2022
  6. "Spain's Plus Ultra to end A340 ops in 2025 - CEO". Ch-aviation.com. Retrieved July 26, 2023.
  7. aerotelegraph.com (German) 12 December 2022
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