Airbus won certification from European safety authorities for a new model of its long-range A340-600 that offers more range and capacity than the current model. The new variant of the existing ...

Airbus A340-600, latest addition to the A340 aircraft family, made its first flight yesterday. The A340-600, which seats 380 passengers and has a range of 7,500 nautical miles -- is scheduled to enter ...

Lufthansa Technik (LHT) Malta is updating the first class cabins of its parent airline's Airbus A340-600 fleet. The Mediterranean facility, which focuses on base maintenance for Boeing 737, A320 ...

Airbus's A340-600 development aircraft (F-WWCA) is flight testing technology to reduce noise inside airliner cabins. The trial, dubbed "LINFaN" (low interior noise fan nozzle), is a collaborative ...

The afterlife of a decommissioned airplane can take many forms nowadays. Some are dismantled and used as parts, others simply end up in aircraft graveyards, while a select few are reinvented as modern ...

Virgin Atlantic Airways today confirmed that it will be the launch customer of the new Airbus A340-600 with the first aircraft entering service in June 2002. Four aircraft will be delivered between ...

In a historic operation, European Cargo’s Airbus A340-600 has become the largest aircraft ever to land in Antarctica, ...

The afterlife of a decommissioned airplane can take many forms nowadays. Some are dismantled and used as parts, others simply end up in aircraft graveyards, while a select few are reinvented as modern ...

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