List of Airbus A340 operators

Set out below is a list of former and current commercial operators of the Airbus A340 airliner.

Airline operators

There were 214 Airbus A340 aircraft in commercial service as of November 2022.[1]

Legend Notes
* Current
* Former
Orders
Airline Country 200 300 500 600 Notes
Aerolíneas Argentinas  Argentina 4 2
Aerolíneas Estelar  Venezuela 1 Leased from Hi Fly Malta
Air Atlanta Icelandic  Iceland 2 2
Air Belgium  Belgium 4 Replaced by Airbus A330-900[2]
AirBlue  Pakistan 2
Air Bourbon  France 1 Ceased operations in 2004
Transferred to Air Europa
Air Canada  Canada 13 2 A340-500 transferred to TAM Linhas Aéreas
Air China  China 7
Air Comet  Spain 3 Ceased operations in 2009
Air Europa  Spain 1
Air France  France 6 24 Launch customer of A340-300
Air Jamaica  Jamaica 3
Air Lanka  Sri Lanka 3 Rebranded as SriLankan Airlines in 1999
Air Leisure  Egypt 3 Leased from EgyptAir
Air Madagascar  Madagascar 1
Air Mauritius  Mauritius 2
Air Namibia  Namibia 2
Air Tahiti Nui  French Polynesia 1 5
Air X Charter  Malta 2 2 A340-600 transferred to Air Atlanta Icelandic
AirAsia X  Malaysia 2
Airhub Airlines  Malta 3
AOM French Airlines  France 3 2 Merged with Air Liberté in 2001
Arik Air  Nigeria 1 Leased from Hi Fly
Austrian Airlines  Austria 2 2 A340-300 transferred to Swiss International Air Lines
Avior Airlines  Venezuela 1 Transferred to Conviasa
Azerbaijan Airlines  Azerbaijan 2 1 Both A340-500s are stored as of January 2023
Azman Air  Nigeria 1
Brussels Airlines  Belgium 2 Operated by Eurowings
BWIA West Indies Airways  Trinidad and Tobago 2 Rebranded to Caribbean Airlines in 2006
Caribbean Airlines  Trinidad and Tobago 2
Cathay Pacific  Hong Kong 4 18 3 A340-200 transferred to Philippine Airlines
A340-600 transferred to Hainan Airlines
China Airlines  Taiwan 7 1 aircraft from Singapore Airlines
China Eastern Airlines  China 5 5
China Southwest Airlines  China 3 Merged with Air China in 2002
Conviasa  Venezuela 1 1 1 2 Operated the world's last commercial A340-200
Corsair International  France 1 Leased from Hi Fly
Edelweiss Air   Switzerland 5 To be replaced with Airbus A350-900 by 2025
EgyptAir  Egypt 4 3
Emirates  United Arab Emirates 8 10 Launch customer of A340-500
Etihad Airways  United Arab Emirates 1 4 8 A340-300 transferred to Hi Fly
A340-600 transferred to European Aviation Group
Eurowings  Germany 2 Operated by Brussels Airlines
Government; Executive and Private 5 5 7 3
Finnair  Finland 7
Garuda Indonesia  Indonesia 3 Leased from China Southwest Airlines
Gulf Air  Bahrain 10
Hainan Airlines  China 3
Hi Fly  Portugal 3 2
Hi Fly Malta  Malta 6 4
Iberia  Spain 21 13
Iran Air  Iran 1 Leased from Conviasa
Iran Aseman Airlines  Iran 1
Jet Airways  India 3 Leased from South African Airways
Joon  France 4 Ceased operations in 2019
Transferred back to Air France
Kam Air  Afghanistan 3
Kuwait Airways  Kuwait 4
LAN Airlines  Chile 5
Lufthansa  Germany 8 17 10 Launch customer of A340-200 alongside Air France[3]
A340-300 to be replaced by Boeing 787-9[4]
Five A340-600 returned from long-term storage,[5] later to be replaced by Boeing 777X
Mahan Air  Iran 5 5
Maleth-Aero  Malta 3
Mandarin Airlines  Taiwan 1
Olympic Airlines  Greece 4 Ceased operations in 2009
Philippine Airlines  Philippines 4 14
Plus Ultra Líneas Aéreas  Spain 2 2 To be retired
Qatar Airways  Qatar 4
Royal Jordanian  Jordan 4
Sabena  Belgium 2 3 Ceased operations in 2001
Safi Airways  Afghanistan 3 1
Saudia  Saudi Arabia 4 Leased from Hi Fly, AirAsia X and Kuwait Airways
Scandinavian Airlines  Sweden
 Denmark
 Norway
6
Singapore Airlines  Singapore 17 5
South African Airways  South Africa 6 1 9
SpiceXpress  India 1 Leased from Hi Fly Malta
SriLankan Airlines  Sri Lanka 7
Surinam Airways  Suriname 1
Swiss International Air Lines   Switzerland 4 To be replaced with Airbus A350-900 by 2025[6]
Syrian Air  Syria 2
TAM Linhas Aéreas  Brazil 2 Leased from Air Canada
TAP Air Portugal  Portugal 4
Thai Airways  Thailand 4 6
Turkish Airlines  Turkey 9
Undisclosed 28 21
Virgin Atlantic  United Kingdom 10 19 Launch customer of A340-600
Virgin Nigeria  Nigeria 2 Leased from Virgin Atlantic
XL Airways France  France 1 Leased from Hi Fly

Orders and deliveries

The following is a list of orders and deliveries for the Airbus A340 by variant.[1]

Customer Orders
A340-200 A340-300 A340-500 A340-600 Total
Air Canada8210
Air China33
Air France31114
Air Mauritius55
Air Tahiti Nui44
AJW Capital Partners22
Arik Air22
Austrian Airlines224
Cathay Pacific1111
China Airlines66
China Eastern Airlines5510
China Southwest Airlines33
EgyptAir33
Emirates1010
Etihad Airways4711
Finnair44
Flightlease22
Governments; Executive and Private615214
Gulf Air66
Iberia181634
International Lease Finance Corporation161329
Kuwait Airways44
LAN-Chile44
Lufthansa7282459
Olympic Airlines44
Philippine Airlines448
Qatar Airways44
Sabena325
Scandinavian Airlines77
Singapore Airlines17522
South African Airways6612
SriLankan Airlines33
Swiss International Air Lines99
TAP Air Portugal44
Thai Airways4610
Turkish Airlines77
Union de Transports Aériens[note 1]77
Virgin Atlantic71421
A340-200A340-300A340-500A340-600Total
Totals282183497377

    See also

    References

    Footnotes

    1. All aircraft delivered to Air France.

    Citations

    1. "Orders & Deliveries". Airbus. 30 June 2021. Archived from the original on 10 February 2019. Retrieved 9 July 2021.
    2. aerotelegraph.com (German) 29 March 2022
    3. aero.de (German) 25 October 2016
    4. aerotelegraph.com - "Airbus A340-300 is Lufthansa's 787 backup solution" (German) 4 November 2022
    5. "Lufthansa to Remove 5 Airbus A340-600s from Desert Storage". simpleflying.com. 25 June 2021.
    6. aerotelegraph.com (German) 12 December 2022
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