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 ...

Germany's Air Force is selling its former VIP Airbus A340-300 plane in mid-Janaury 2024. The move comes after the jet experienced several mechanical failures with German officials onboard. Germany has ...

The A380 and the A340 are two quad-engined aircraft built by Airbus, and the only airline where they can be found operating side-by-side is Germany's Lufthansa. The Airbus A380, also known as the ...

The question of whether the Airbus A350 is bigger than the Airbus A340 might seem simple at first, but “size” in aviation isn’t always about raw fuselage length. Airlines, airports, and aviation ...

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 ...

The afterlife of a decommissioned airplane can take many forms nowadays. Some are dismantled and used as parts, others simply end up in aircraft graveyards, while a select few are reinvented as modern ...

An Airbus-owned A340 has embarked a 75 flight hour test programme for the Pratt & Whitney PurePower PW1000G geared turbofan (GTF) engine. The initial test flight for the engine demonstrator launched ...