The A340 is nearing the end of its commercial service, but still has meaningful impact in other sectors.

Tour company White Desert uses private jets to shuttle people to its Antarctic camps from South Africa. The largest option is the quad-engine Airbus A340, which touched down on the ice for the first ...

Emirates Airline looks set to defer deliveries of its Airbus A340-600s which are due to start by the middle of next year, as it waits for the manufacturer to clarify its plans for an enhanced version ...

Airbus is hoping for closure on the long-running Emirates A340-600 saga by the end of the year, and is discussing a deal to swap the order, substituting A350 XWBs and additional A380s. Emirates, the ...

ABU DHABI, 19 Dec, 04 (WAM) - Emirates Airline has signed a $138 million Japanese Operating Lease (JOL) for the acquisition of a new Airbus A340-500 - the airline's eighth from a total order of 10.

General Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Crown Prince of Dubai and UAE Defence Minister, yesterday inspected Emirates' recently delivered Airbus A340-500 at its hangar in Dubai International ...

In 2009 an Emirates A340 departing Melbourne barely cleared the runway after critical performance errors. With the tail striking the ground and sparks visible outside the cabin the flight revealed how ...

Emirates has signed a EUR91 million (US$109 million) financing agreement for an Airbus A340-500 with the National Bank of Dubai and Emirates Bank Group. This is the second aircraft structured and ...

Emirates has signed a lease financing agreement valued at $226 million for two new Airbus A340-500s, the world's longest-range aircraft. Add as a preferred source on Google Emirates has signed a lease ...