The Fall Of The Airbus A340
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- čas přidán 20. 08. 2024
- The glorious quadjet that is the Airbus A340 has been a staple of many airlines’ long-haul fleets for almost three decades. With 375 of the type sold, it wasn’t a bestselling aircraft, but was bought by more than 60 different airlines and leasing companies. In current times, only around 30 A340s are seen flying per day.
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0 fatal incidents with the a340. Stunning Savety.
B777 was shot down, and mh370 Hijacked... pretty safe too
Safety*
@@pulkitmohta8964
Ty
@@williamhaynes7089 The MH 370 was "hijacked" by its captain, no-one else. Don't forget the Asiana one, the Tukish one and the BA crash due to the frost accumulated in the fuel tubes.
@@julosx 'The MH 370 was "hijacked" by its captain' - you really should share your knowledge with all the global air accident investigation organisations. They've been trying to confirm what happened to that aircraft for years and all that time you've had the definitive answer. All they had to do was ask.
I’m here for -600. In any scheme, they are beautiful!
Sure, the -200 and -300 were nicknamed hair-dryers !
The engine and the length ❤👈
My number one favourite aircraft!
Same.
@@christoohunders5316 exactly 🤣
An iberia A340 took me on my first trip to Europe. My college choir did a 8 day concert tour of Spain. From Miami to Madrid in about 10 hrs quiet and pretty comfortable
Same here, Air Canada A340-300 from YYZ to CDG, back in '08 and it was in the Star Alliance livery, which I thought looked very blocky and devoid of any cosmetic appeal, but it was a good bird; comfy and quiet. I'll sure miss em!
Gorgeous plane. Very sad to see it disappear from the sky. It reminds me a lot of the classic 707 and DC 8.
It's elegance in motion.
They haven't disappeared yet. There's always a few 313s in flight somewhere.
A340 is very beautiful aircraft, even if its disappearing, some of the airlines are still using a340s
-600 in Virgin Atlantic colours is such a beauty
So as south African airways
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Candy apple red works everywhere
Especially those red engines 😍😍
@@electric7487 Was it just DJ’s Aviation you gave up watching as I’ve not seen you comment in ages?
I will miss the SAS A340-300, such a beautiful aircraft.
SAS retired them but those remaining are flying each and every single day. Swiss even remade their passenger cabins lastly.
Agree - it was a pleasure to see them use the full runway on take-off here at EKCH :)
I flew as cabin crew on the 340/330 later also 350 I think SAS made the wrong decision to scrap them, it was my favorite 🥲
@@christofferrosenlund4055 I feel the same. On the other hand I'm glad that there always be quite a few of them flying here and there (I follow them on FlightRadar24).
I've flown on the Lufthansa A340-600 from Frankfurt to Bangkok. It was a amazing flight.
My favorite Airbus 😍
me too!
Meh A330 looks better
My fav is the 350
@@TheKenji2221 samee
Don't know how to place a comment so I'm using this slot, so sorry. A340 is a wonderful plane, I last flrw in it in March 2020 on a totally refurbised A340 from Air Mauritius from Mauritius to Paris CDG. I flew with the A340 many times, mainly on Air Mauritius between Mauritius and India and Mauritius to France. It is a wondeful plane, I love it's seats settin 2 4 2 and the cabin always gave that feeling of space.
A great pity that petrol prices and Covid have put an end to its, era. Besides the A380 which is totally out of competion with any other aircraft, Beoing or Airbus, the A340 is my favoutite Airbus aircraft. Unfortunately, Air Mauritius, in serious financial trouble, has put it's A340 at rest in an American desert somewhere.
Lufthansa used the A340-600 to fly to my city but now its replaced by the A350-900. So sad to see it being retired. 😭
Lufthansa prefers, like many other operators, the A340-313 to the -600.
I wouldn’t be sad. The 350 is a much superior aircraft in virtually every way
@@johniii8147 No way. The 340's cabin is much bigger and offers much more legroom. I 've done a couple of 10-hours flights in a 350, it's happy that I done it on Premium Economy, otherwise it would have turned into a pretty horrible experience.
@@julosx You are wrong on both counts. The cabin of the 350 is a foot wider and leg room is the carrier choice. You just didn’t like how the carrier chose to configure the aircraft. Common complaint since carriers figured out in economy you maximize revenue and profit putting in as many seats as you can. That is a carrier choice not the airframe. The cabin on the 350 is larger and quieter with all the modern features. It’s a matter of what the carrier chooses to do with it.
One of my favorite aircrafts. Had the pleasure to fly with it in Lufthansa, Swiss and South African colors.
The -600 variant is one of the most gorgeous aircrafts made.
Had great memory with A340 Qatar Airways KUL-MUN in 2004 😍😍😍
Where is MUN?
@@timeoinkroll9079 Munich Maybe?
@@rafaelraditya582 Munich is MUC
Saw one (Swiss) today while spotting at MIA. It took off after dark its interior fully lit. A glorious sight!
Flew the Virgin A340-600 several years ago & can say it was the best journey ever in an aircraft. Aesthetically beautiful & unbelievably comfortable.
Yep I had the privilege of flying them, the -200 by Aerolineas Argentinas; -300 and -600 by Iberia. It was very nice, specially the -600 with its very long corridors!❤🛩
Lol, I can just imagine how long the cabin must look from inside
For me, the A-340 is one of the prettiest large airliners of the lot. It has a beautiful, graceful look to it when it is flying, from any angle.
SWISS completely refurbished its 5 remaining A340-300 in 2018/2019. Flew F-class with one of them from Shanghai to Zurich in June 2019. Brand new cabin and seats/beds. Fantastic! Love that plane also for its sound😍 At the moment, due to COVID-19, almost all of SWISS‘ 14 A330-300 are stored while at least 4 of its 5 A340-300 are in service😉.
Went with Lufthansa A340-600 from Munich to Los Angeles Nov.2019. Liked the Restrooms downstairs most. Stairway in heaven. Quiet and pleasant flight and the most gorgious crew on any flight ever. Best airplane ever with zero crashes in 30 + years. Very sad to see them go.
Supreme comfort and safety. Aunt Barbara flew from The Long Island to Budapest on A340. It was like never leaving the ground. Awesome plane.
It is one of my favourite aircrafts off all times. I flown few times with it and loved it every minute, most of it was with virgin Atlantic from London to Sydney via Hong Kong. Love this aircraft. Xxx
Everybody got to their destination on that craft.
Not everyone...
@@halisen6045 Maybe not directly, but alive! For almost 30 Years in Service, it is quiet impressive, that the A340 has never been involved in a fatal incident!
My first flight was on an Airbus A340 operated by South African airline. I got a window seat and I got a clear view of the two engines on the right. It was the best flight of my life.
Flew on the Virgin A340-600 - a wonderful aircraft
Flew on one of the first A340-600s with Virgin when they launched on the LHR-LAX route. I really liked them, a great cabin and very comfortable.
Have flown on the -300 (SAS) and -600 (LH) a few times, really sad to see it leaving their fleets. To me the A340-500 is one of the most beautiful planes ever built. The proportions are perfect (much better than the overly long -600 imho, let's not even talk about the -200/300 with those tiny hairdrier engines) and I'm sad I never got to be on one of those :(
I flew to Boston on a virgin atlantic A340 back in 2005 when the aircraft was just a few months old. At the time it felt like the most modern and comfortable jet.
There’s just something about quad jets that feel more reliable, more comfortable. More relaxing. Maybe it’s just my age and thinking more engines means safer flying. It’s certainly a factor in why I love the A380 so much.
I did fly the A 340/600 many times with lufthansa. A truly awesome aero plane, with the huge lavatory in the belly of the aircraft makes it so different from the others! Loved every minute of it.
Air Canada’s A340’s had amazing leg room and I really enjoyed flying on them.
Way back in 2005, I flew a Thai Airways A340-500 (HS-TLA) from New York to Bangkok and back, ultra long-haul. I've flown quite a few times in my life but I can surely say that those trips were the most memorable for me, definitely in a good way.
These days, the 340-500s are more government aircrafts (Thailand, Koweit…).
-600😍✈️
I remember flying on an Aerolineas Argentinas A340-300 when I flew from Sydney to Buenos Aires with a stopover in Auckland. I was aw struck by the long, single deck design and the quad engine layout. It instantly became my most favourite Airbus Aircraft. When I flew back home to Australia it was on another Aerolineas Argentinas A340-300, so having had the chance to fly it twice was an honour.
I flew on Air Lanka’s (now SriLankan Airlines) A340-300s from Heathrow to Colombo and back in 1998, and then in the 2000s was on Cathay Pacific’s -600s (for the brief period they had them) between Heathrow and Hong Kong, and also Virgin Atlantic’s -600s to JFK. Beautiful aircraft, particularly the -500.
I really want to fly one before they are all gone!
Flew the A340 from CDG to TNR in business . Great airplane with matching service from the AF. crew . Also flew the same type from MRU to CDG with Air Mauritius in economy .
Have flown with Olympic airways A340-313 from Melbourne to Athens numerous times and I still miss those days. Good looking aircraft it was awesome.
Sentimental about the A340, my first flight on the type, KBL-DXB, was on EK just before Christmas. Oversold to blazes, I was one of many upgraded all the way to F. Stepping from KBL into F was a step from the ridiculous to the sublime 😍
The longest flight I've ever taken was on a Thai Airways A340-500 from Bangkok to New York back in 2006. As I recall, it was about 18 hours. "Smooth as Silk," as they say. I flew a Singapore A340 from Singapore to Jakarta, and Air France A340 from Miami to Paris, and an Iberia A340 from Madrid to New York. Definitely one of my all-time favorite aircraft.
I flew on Air Lanka's A340-300 in 1996 from Heathrow to Dubai and Colombo and back. I liked the generous leg room and the seat configuration, 2 abreast on the Windows!!
I remember being in London and seeing an A340-600 take off out of Heathrow and was in absolute awe of how something so slender could be stable, such an incredible aircraft
Loved flying A340… never felt turbulence and always felt comfortable and safe
Great time onboard Virgin Altantic A340-600 from Hong Kong to Sydney in 2012
I flew on a Lufthansa A-340 600 back in 2012 from Frankfurt to Beijing. I was struck by the downstairs lavatories, complete with ashtrays available outside the lavatories for smokers queuing up. Obviously an older model from a different era.
I have flown A340's several times. -300 and -500 on Emirates from Zurich - Dubai and -600 Thai Airways Zurich - Bangkok. Truly amazing
Flew on one of Qatar’s last A340-600 services from Bangkok to Doha
Now it's Emirates 380s who take over this route since last week.
@@julosx ??? Emirates have always had a380’s on that route. It’s a double spoke though. EK372 I believe goes from dubai to bangkok, then over to hong kong and back. Don’t remember if it’s direct or not. Qatar have put a350’s on the route though.
I flew in the A340-300 from TAP and the A340-300 and 600 from Lufthansa and I loved. The -600 have a great toilet area in the lower deck acess by staircase.
How time flies. My first visit in an airliner cockpit was on A346.
Flew Mahan Air's A340-300 from KL to Tehran for a stopover and the A340-600 from Tehran to Milan in 2019. Probably one of the rarest flights since it was a rare plane of an exotic airline. It was an enjoyable experience, really spacious and the size of the wings were just something else
Still think THE most stunning looking passenger aircraft of
all time (600) excluding Concorde. Flew from New York to Heathrow on a Virgin 600 some 15 years ago, absolutely incredible length. Certainly going to miss seeing these beautiful aircraft in service.
Air Belgium A340-300 from Charleroi to Martinique last year in March just before this mess started. Was amazed by the totally smooth flight that plane gave us both ways.
I flew on an A340 with Air Namibia from Frankfurt to Windhuk.
To me, the A340 is a beauty. Just the way I used to draw planes as a child. Slick and stylish looking four engines. Not thouse humongous barrels on the newer ones. I like the A340.
Flew on Iberia A340-600 from Madrid to Quito and back, that was over 10 years ago and it even looked old then!
Very lucky to have come across an a340 600 flying over me.
I didn't fly on an A340 until December 2020, when I had the chance to fly from from SFO to FRA on LH. It was truly a pleasure. Sad to see it go, but also really happy with the great enhancements on the A350 and 787
Over 10 years ago I flew with my family to Dubai with an a340 operated by Lufthansa...even though I was really young I still remember this awesome flight!
I flew round-trip from Denver to Frankfurt-Main in 2001 on an A340. The flight to Frankfurt was actually the inagural flight of Lufthansa's daily service from Denver to Frankfurt.
Memorable trip! The mayor was there, and they served Ice Cream and Cognac after the meal service!
The A340 is one of my favs! I missed my chance to fly on a SAS A340-300 from CPH to HND some years ago when a technical problem made them re-route me with another airline :/
Haven't flown it but I'm hoping to fly it. It's my favourite aeroplane. While not as efficient as two, four engines look better than two. Concerning replacement twin-engined aircraft, my favourite is probably the A330 or A350.
I've flown an A340 with Iberia to Mexico city, another one with south African Airways to New York, and I actually had the chance of flying the Singapore airlines A340-500 on the world's longest flight back in 2010
I have flown A340-300s until 10 years ago and liked the aircraft. Always near MZFM, MTOM, MLDM, always near the performance limit but seldom limited. Nice and stable flying characteristics.
Had the privilege of flying the A340-300,A340-500,A340-600.
The longest on the DXB-JFK route in early 2000.
It is the best quad jet in the world 🌍🌎🌏
Loved the quiet Lufthansa A340-600 flight from FRA to YVR.
I have flown this jet numerous times with Turkish Airlines, Lufthansa, and Mahan Air, in my opinion it is one of Airbus’ most beautiful planes
Philippine Airlines flew A340 over the years. I really liked the aircraft, the cabin and seating layout, although a little dated was comfortable and practical. All my many flights were smooth and the A330 carries much of these attributes.
I used to fly in an A340 from Buenos Aires to Los Angeles from Aerolineas Argentinas in the year 2000.
It was a superb machine, very smooth an confortable...
Flew on Singapore and Gulf Air A340s. From a passenger comfort standpoint- no complaints. Would love to fly again.
I remember flying it from Perth to Mumbai to Istanbul to Zurich. Yea that’s confusing but it was damn comfortable
Flew on A340-300 and 600 with Virgin Atlantic many times. And once on A340-500 with Emirates. The 600 remains my favourite.
Lufthansa has a lot of 600s but none of them have flown since March 2020 :(
@@julosx and they probably never will, some stored in Teruel are already being scrapped
so sad... Iberia used to operate 2 daily flights between Madrid and Mexico with the A340-600, now they only operate one daily flight with the A350;(
I flew a Sabena A340 from BRU to ORD back in the day. Smooth flight with plenty of space
I have flown on a A340 operated by lufthansa back in 2008
Philippine Airlines had a number of A340-200s and deployed them in both domestic and international flights. The type was used in Manila-Davao route, my first time to ride it. This was followed by Manila-Bangkok v.v. where I experienced the smoothest landing. The longest route the A340 was used was on the Manila-London route which took about 14 hours. My longest was Manila-Honolulu route which took about 9 hours.
I flew a Virgin A340-600 from Heathrow to Atlanta in Sep 2018. Was supposed to be a 787 but the A340 stepped in with the 787 battery crisis. Was disappointed at first, but now glad I got to fly on a Virgin A340 during its last days.
Also flew on a Lufthansa A340 (I believe -300?) from Frankfurt to Atlanta in Nov 2017.
Sadly, I never got to fly on the -500 or -600 models - the ones with proper engines. I flew on Virgin Atlantic's -300s a few times (the ones with hairdryers under the wings where the engines were supposed to be). My first flight was memorable for the wrong reasons - taking off westbound from Heathrow on 27L, I got a much closer view of the reservoirs than was comfortable. I genuinely thought there was a problem until I realised that everyone else was calm. I was used to flying out of there on board 757s, which in comparison used to leap off the ground and climb like a high-speed lift. That day I got a much closer view of the towns west of Heathrow than ever before and it was a long time before we got up to a more normal altitude. I'm told that ATC used to hate the -200s and -300s because they were so slow.
Twice and I remember those being comfortable trips but then that was 20 years ago.
Very handsome airplane in the same ways as the 757.
I have flown the A340 in Swiss Business Class from Zurich to Singapore many times. A very comfortable and spacious aircraft. I will miss it.
Swiss overhauled the cabins of their 340-313s recently.
I still remembered my first and only A340 flight, it was an A340-600 with China Eastern From PVG to LHR, that was also my first international flight. the service was really good with a very smooth flight plus a good landing. Unfortunately, China Eastern withdrawn the aircraft from it's fleet a year later and I was unable to fly one ever since.
Every aviation enthusiast must praise the a340 as it is extraordinarily beautiful and is a rare sight, especially the -200 and -500. Conviasa operates a single -200 and are planning to get a -500 to introduce a route to Tehran. They also do operate a -300.
Flew in A340 with Kuwait, Emirates and Eithad. Loved it ❤️
i flu 600 version only ones. Excellent aircraft. From the first step in I fall in love with it to step out. in Frankfurt. . Plane was reaching 1156kmh. toilets in the basement. spacious long seats very comfortable, love this plane. och very sad to do not fly again. very stabilize in the air and crazy winds and air streams.
A 340 600 must come back.
Flew the a340-600 from Sydney to Abu Dhabi on Etihad's business class in 2015. It was very smooth and comfortable plane I must say
Athens- Bangkok -Melbourne A340-300 Olympic !!! Miss the good old days!!
A343 swiss paint with red engines is one of most beautiful jets in all time
Lucky to have flown with QR from Qatar to Kuala Lumpur. I can easily fly non-stop from DXB to MNL but because A340 is no longer on production at that time and QR has planned to retire their A340’s, I took a long route from DXB-DOH-KUL-MNL. Had to catch them while their still flying. 👊🏾
Yes, im glad that I was able to fly one of them with PAL 10 years ago and it was a good and comfortable experience.
Flew one with Air Belgium in premium economy CRL-FDF and back. Was a really comfortable experience!
Have only flown once on an A340, dash 300 version, first class from San Francisco to Manila. Noisy hair dryers on takeoff but quite quiet once at cruising altitude
Haven’t flown it yet, but once while plane spotting at CYUL/YUL, I saw (respectively) a Lufthansa A350-900, a Lufthansa A340-600, and a Lufthansa A330-300, all in a row, however this was long ago, so don’t expect to see them now.
I flew SAA A346 from Joburg to new York end of 2019 one of the most comfortable planes I’ve ever been on 🇿🇦
I remembered I was at Singapore Changi airport cycling and I saw a Swiss a340 taxiing on the plane bridge, I even took a photo of it
We have four A340 active out of Bournemouth Airport, now used as freighter planes. Daily take off and landings
I actually was on one of the last Lufthansa A340-600s flights in early march 2020 from San Francisco to Munich.
I was very fortunate , happy content employee I LOOKED forward going to work , each day was not like the one before. A mock up on the amount of baggage bins due to accommodate 45J 35WT and 308Y passengers which was the cabin config on Virgin Atlantic A340-600.positions of the nberdue to numerous factors which are all added in different zones of he aircraft
I often flew with an a340-600 from Frankfurt to Bogota. Loved it😍.
Now Lufthansa flies the a340-300 to Bogota which is ok but you can't compare it to the -600😑.
I mean it was more old and less quiet but we'll is still fine. It would soon get replaced by the 787 when they get ir though
We flew an A340 from Johannesburg to Cape Town with South African airways 2 years ago first time in long haul configuration business class lots of room! Surprised big aircraft for 2 hour route.
Truly one of my favorite commercial platforms. I find it to be the most beautiful wide body aircraft out there.
A fun fact is that there are some A340s fitted with passenger oxygen systems. Not oxygen generators, but every mask is connected to an oxygen tank in the cargo hold, like the pilots get! These aircraft tend to fly around in the Himalayas, where it can take much longer than 13 minutes to descend to a breathable altitude in a pressurization emergency. I can't remember which airlines have them off the top of my head, but I'm almost certain the modified aircraft are A340s.
-600 beauty
According to Kennedy Steve, pilots often likened the A340 to a plane with four hairdryers strapped to the wings; by contrast, the 757 was powerful enough that whatever he needed them to do to keep traffic in check, they could manage.
Lucky enough to fly the a340-300 Kuwait - Bangkok - Manila. A very long and exciting take off at Kuwait!
The A346 is one of those things that are not actually very nice looking or well-designed or chic or whatever, but you cant stop looking at it because the proportions are just perfect.
As far as I can remember I havent flown on any A340 yet and the 'Rona craze ruined my plans to get on one before they are retired everywhere. My dad has been on Lufthansa A346 a few times and he didnt complain at all.
I you can book a flight on a Lufthansa aircraft from Frankfurt it will be more likely a -300. HiFly has several ones too, but these days only Plus Ultra (a Spanish company) flies the -600.