When it is said that the Airbus A340 won’t be retired anytime soon, it does not mean a comeback to global airline fleets. Rather, it means a slow fade measured in decades, not headlines, as the type ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. While the A380 superjumbo is enjoying a steady resurgence after having been on the brink of retirement during the pandemic, its ...

The clock is ticking for this iconic four-engine marvel in US skies.

As the A340 gets ever older and rarer, Lufthansa stands out as a surprisingly large operator of the quadjet. Indeed, the Cologne-based Star Alliance founding member and German flag carrier presently ...

Lufthansa Group will put all of its Airbus A380s and 10 of its A340-600s into long-term storage, only to be reactivated in the event of an “unexpectedly rapid market recovery”, and will permanently ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...