Operators
There were 214 Airbus A340 aircraft in commercial service as of November 2022 [update] . [1] [ needs update ]
Set out below is a list of former and current operators of the Airbus A340 airliner.
There were 214 Airbus A340 aircraft in commercial service as of November 2022 [update] . [1] [ needs update ]
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 | 15 | 3 | 18 | ||
| 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 | ||
| Totals | 28 | 218 | 34 | 97 | 377 |
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Meraj Airlines is an Iranian privately owned airline based at Tehran's Mehrabad Airport and Imam Khomeini International Airport.
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