At Frankfurt Airport, rare widebody aircraft like the Airbus A340-500 and Boeing 787-9 delivered powerful departures, each weighing over 600,000 pounds at takeoff. The A340-500, now rarely seen, stood ...

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 ...

TAM took delivery of its first Airbus A340-500, which it will use on its new daily flight to Frankfurt from Sao Paulo, beginning Nov. 30. TAM now has 94 Airbus planes -- 15 A319s, 66 A320s, two A321s, ...

Today, the world of commercial aviation is well into the era of twinjet domination, yet a long-serving cadre of quadjets remains in service around the world. TheAirbus A340 is one of the last ...

Thai Airways has decided to keep nonstop flights from Bangkok to Los Angeles flown with Airbus A340-500s that it had previously decided to sell. Fuel is cheaper than it was when the airline decided to ...

(Reuters) - Airbus announced the sale of two A340 passenger jets to a UK services company on Thursday, marking the final deliveries of its longest-range model but also one of its least profitable. The ...