Lufthansa confirms Airbus A380 retirement, to scrap some A340s
Less than a week after Lufthansa (LHAB) (LHA)’s chief executive Carsten Spohr admitted that the airline group was…
Airbus A340
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Delve into the Airbus A340, a long-range, wide-body commercial passenger jet airliner that was developed and produced by Airbus.
Lufthansa to scrap entire widebody fleets, more layoffs to entail
Deutsche Lufthansa (LHAB) (LHA) plans to scrap most of its widebody passenger aircraft, which would contribute to additional…
Lufthansa decommissions Airbus A340-600 fleet
Lufthansa (LHAB) (LHA) will temporarily decommission its entire fleet of seventeen Airbus A340-600 aircraft for a year and…
Lufthansa to retire A340, A380 and Boeing 747 due COVID-19
Lufthansa (LHAB) (LHA) announced significant changes to its long-term operations due to the current situation related to the…
Where are Airbus commercial aircraft manufactured?
Some call Airbus a primarily French company. And there is some truth to that – after all, the…
Lufthansa A340 reaches the Atlantic, U-turns back to Germany
If long-haul flights were not exhausting enough, passengers on a scheduled Lufthansa (LHAB) (LHA) flight to New York…
Air France A340 limit helps avert windshear crash in Bogota
Due to a lack of communication with air traffic control in Bogota, Colombia, an Airbus A340 operated by Air…
Retrospective: The beginning of the end of Airbus A340
Airbus was competing with Boeing, McDonnell Douglas and Lockheed’s TriStar only in short and mid-hauls until 1993. But…
SAA flies two A340-600s in formation [video]
South African Airlines flew two of its A340-600 widebodies in a formation with South African Air Force on…