Welcome aboard the rare Lufthansa Airbus A340-600, which I flew from Chicago to Frankfurt. This is an economy class review and what's more, the video includes a good look at the unique downstairs ...
The Airbus A340-660 underwent about 400 test flights. On page 56 of this issue we compiled a pilot report. Three prototypes of the 380-passenger transport have been used in flight-testing of the ...
A short while ago, we told the story of the Boeing 757, pound-for-pound the most overpowered twin-jet passenger airliner of the jet age of aviation. It was and still is the kind of jet that can ...
Airbus says the successful trial in February of an electrically activated braking system (EABS) on its A340-600 development aircraft could pave the way for use of the technology in a next-generation ...
Airbus is being warned that it must take steps to adapt technologies developed for the A350 to dramatically improve the A340-600 if it is not to lose Emirates’ deferred order for up to 18 aircraft.
A five-year rest in a Thai beach town may be idyllic, but not for the six Thai Airways A340-600s parked at Pattaya’s U-Tapao airport 147km outside of Bangkok accumulating maintenance charges while ...
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 ...