That is, of course, unless you've had the pleasure of riding aboard an Airbus A330 or A340. While the name "Airbus" may not instill much confidence in the comfort and convenience of flying an A330 ...

Its two-engined sibling, the A330, also sold over 1,800 copies across two generations. Yet, the A340 is disappearing from the skies. The 1990s saw a showdownin the twin-aisle airliner world.

According to Air France, the captain of Flight AF 447 had a record of 11,000 flight hours and had already flown 1,700 hours on Airbus A330/A340 aircraft. Of the two first officers, one had flown ...

Airbus A330-300 The A330-300 is the first variant ... and a wing span of 197 feet and 10 inches (60.3 meters). 9. Airbus A340-300 The A340-300 is a variant of the ultra-long-range A340.

The contract for the manufacture of forward cargo doors of the Airbus A330/A340 Family aircraft was signed Wednesday by Airbus first-tier supplier Europcopter, Shenyang Aircraft Corporation (SAC ...

HELSINKI, Sept 17 (Reuters) - Finnair said on Monday it would swap its order for an unspecified number of Airbus A340 planes for shorter-range A330 planes, the first of which would be delivered in ...

Emirates has retired the last of its Airbus A330 and A340 aircraft, leaving its fleet entirely composed of A380s and Boeing 777s. The Dubai-based airline says the last aircraft of its formerly 29 ...

European safety regulators are to mandate the replacement of Thales pitot tubes on Airbus A330/A340s. The airworthiness directive will require aircraft fitted with Thales probes to replace at ...

for the A320 and A330/340 programs. For the duration of the contract, the company will provide maintenance and repair services of rudders, elevators, wing sharklets, flaps, slats and other ...