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

A340 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 Total in service 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 1
Air Mauritius  Mauritius 2 —
Air Namibia  Namibia 2 —
Air Tahiti Nui  French Polynesia 1 5 —
Air X Charter  Malta 2 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 3 Both A340-500s are stored as of January 2023
Azman Air  Nigeria 1 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  China

( 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 3 Operated the world's last commercial A340-200
Corsair International  France 1 — Leased from Hi Fly
Edelweiss Air  Switzerland 5 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 20
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 6
Iberia  Spain 21 13 —
Iran Air  Iran 1 — Leased from Conviasa
Iran Aseman Airlines  Iran 1 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 3
Kuwait Airways  Kuwait 4 —
LAN Airlines  Chile 5 —
Lufthansa  Germany 8 17 10 27 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 10
Maleth-Aero  Malta 3 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 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 1
SpiceXpress  India 1 — Leased from Hi Fly Malta
SriLankan Airlines  Sri Lanka 7 —
Surinam Airways  Suriname 1 1
Swiss International Air Lines  Switzerland 4 4 To be replaced with Airbus A350-900 by 2025[6]
Syrian Air  Syria 2 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 49
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 Canada 8 2 10
Air China 3 3
Air France 3 11 14
Air Mauritius 5 5
Air Tahiti Nui 4 4
AJW Capital Partners 2 2
Arik Air 2 2
Austrian Airlines 2 2 4
Cathay Pacific 11 11
China Airlines 6 6
China Eastern Airlines 5 5 10
China Southwest Airlines 3 3
EgyptAir 3 3
Emirates 10 10
Etihad Airways 4 7 11
Finnair 4 4
Flightlease 2 2
Governments; Executive and Private 6 1 5 2 14
Gulf Air 6 6
Iberia 18 16 34
International Lease Finance Corporation 16 13 29
Kuwait Airways 4 4
LAN-Chile 4 4
Lufthansa 7 28 24 59
Olympic Airlines 4 4
Philippine Airlines 4 4 8
Qatar Airways 4 4
Sabena 3 2 5
Scandinavian Airlines 7 7
Singapore Airlines 17 5 22
South African Airways 6 6 12
SriLankan Airlines 3 3
Swiss International Air Lines 9 9
TAP Air Portugal 4 4
Thai Airways 4 6 10
Turkish Airlines 7 7
Union de Transports Aériens[note 1] 7 7
Virgin Atlantic 7 14 21
A340-200 A340-300 A340-500 A340-600 Total
Totals 28 218 34 97 377

See also

References

Footnotes

  1. ^ All aircraft delivered to Air France.

Citations

  1. ^ a b "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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