While the A380 superjumbo is enjoying a resurgence, its four-engined older sibling – the A340 – seems dangerously close to being grounded for good.

Pieces of a retired Lufthansa Airbus A340-600 have been transformed into stylish coffee tables, clocks, luggage and other pieces of furniture and offered up for sale.

As such, there are only a select few routes served nowadays by aircraft from the Airbus A340 and the Boeing 747 families. While the A380 is still somewhat more widespread, ...

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 the first time in history, an Airbus A340 plane has landed on Antarctica. Hi Fly, a boutique aviation company, was behind the flight. The company specializes in wet leases, which means they ...

The plane in Tuesday’s accident was an A340-300, an Airbus spokeswoman confirmed Tuesday night. The plane is part of the A330/A340 family of six related aircraft, all sharing the same airframe.

The ADAT crew taxied the A340-600 to the run-up area. Then they took all four engines to takeoff power with a virtually empty aircraft. Not having read the run-up manuals, they had no clue just ...

Germany's Air Force is selling its former VIP Airbus A340-300 plane in mid-Janaury 2024. The move comes after the jet experienced several mechanical failures with German officials onboard.

Airbus SAS has ended production of its four-engine A340 aircraft after the jet with the company’s longest fuselage lost out to Boeing Co.’s twin-engine 777 model.

An Airbus A340 plane has landed on an icy runway in Antarctica for the first time in history, according to Hi Fly, the Portugese aviation company behind the flight. An Airbus A340 plane has landed ...