List of Airbus A340 operators

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

Operators[edit]

There were 214 Airbus A340 aircraft in commercial service as of November 2022.[1][needs update]

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[2]
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
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.[3]
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; Executive and Private 5 5 7 3 20
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[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 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.[6]
Qatar Airways Qatar 4
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 1
Swiss International Air Lines Switzerland 15 4 To be replaced with Airbus A350-900 by 2025.[7]
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
Undisclosed 28 21 49
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[edit]

The following is a list of orders and deliveries for the Airbus A340 by variant.[1]

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 11 11
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[note 1] 7 7
Virgin Atlantic 7 14 21
Totals 28 218 34 97 377

See also[edit]

References[edit]

Footnotes[edit]

  1. ^ All aircraft delivered to Air France.

Citations[edit]

  1. ^ a b "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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