List of Airbus A340 operators

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

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Operators

There were 214 Airbus A340 aircraft in commercial service as of November 2022. [1] [ needs update ]

Orders and deliveries

The following is a list of orders and deliveries for the Airbus A340 by variant. [1]

CustomerOrders
A340-200A340-300A340-500A340-600Total
Air Canada 8210
Air China 33
Air France 31114
Air Mauritius 55
Air Tahiti Nui 44
AJW Capital Partners 22
Arik Air 22
Austrian Airlines 224
Cathay Pacific 15318
China Airlines 66
China Eastern Airlines 5510
China Southwest Airlines 33
EgyptAir 33
Emirates 1010
Etihad Airways 4711
Finnair 44
Flightlease 22
Governments; Executive and Private615214
Gulf Air 66
Iberia 181634
International Lease Finance Corporation 161329
Kuwait Airways 44
LAN-Chile 44
Lufthansa 7282459
Olympic Airlines 44
Philippine Airlines 448
Qatar Airways 44
Sabena 325
Scandinavian Airlines 77
Singapore Airlines 17522
South African Airways 6612
SriLankan Airlines 33
Swiss International Air Lines 99
TAP Air Portugal 44
Thai Airways 4610
Turkish Airlines 77
Union de Transports Aériens [note 1] 77
Virgin Atlantic 71421
Totals282183497377

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    References

    Footnotes

    1. All aircraft delivered to Air France.

    Citations

    1. 1 2 "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. "Edelweiss modernises its long-haul fleet with the Airbus A350-900". Edelweiss Air (Press release). Retrieved 18 September 2023.
    4. aero.de (German) 25 October 2016
    5. aerotelegraph.com - "Airbus A340-300 is Lufthansa's 787 backup solution" (German) 4 November 2022
    6. "Spain's Plus Ultra to end A340 ops in 2025 - CEO". Ch-aviation.com. Retrieved July 26, 2023.
    7. aerotelegraph.com (German) 12 December 2022