List of Airbus A340 operators

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

Operators

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

Airline	Country	200	300	500	600	Still in service	Notes
Aerolíneas Argentinas		4	9
Aerolíneas Estelar			1				Leased from Hi Fly Malta
Air Atlanta Icelandic			2		2
Air Belgium			4				Replaced by Airbus A330-900 [2]
AirBlue			2
Air Bourbon		1					Ceased operations in 2004 Transferred to Air Europa
Air Canada			13	2			A340-500 leased to TAM Linhas Aéreas
Air China			6
Air Comet			3				Ceased operations in 2009
Air Europa		1
Air France		6	24				Launch customer of A340-300
Air Jamaica			3
Air Lanka			3				Rebranded as SriLankan Airlines in 1999
Air Leisure		3					Leased from EgyptAir
Air Liberté		2	2				Ceased operations in 2003
Air Madagascar			2
Air Mauritius			8
Air Namibia			2
Air Tahiti Nui		1	5
AirX Charter			3		2	1	A340-600 sold to Air Atlanta Icelandic
AirAsia X			2
Airhub Airlines			3				Transferred to Legend Airlines
AOM French Airlines		3	2				Merged with Air Liberté in 2001
Arik Air				2			Leased from Hi Fly
Austrian Airlines		2	2				A340-200 sold to the French Air Force A340-300 sold to Swiss International Air Lines
Avior Airlines			1				Transferred to Conviasa
Azerbaijan Airlines				2	1	1
Azman Air					1
Bek Air			3
Brussels Airlines			2				Operated for Eurowings
BWIA West Indies Airways			2				Rebranded to Caribbean Airlines in 2006
Caribbean Airlines			2
Cathay Pacific		4	18		3		A340-200 sold to Philippine Airlines A340-600 sold to Hainan Airlines
China Airlines			7
China Eastern Airlines			5		5
China Southwest Airlines			3				Merged with Air China in 2002
Conviasa		2	1		3	6
Corsair International			1				Leased from Hi Fly
Edelweiss Air			5			5	To be replaced with Airbus A350-900 by 2025. [3]
EgyptAir		3	1				A340-300 leased from Gulf Air
Emirates			8	10			Launch customer of A340-500
Etihad Airways			1	4	7		A340-300 sold to Hi Fly A340-600 sold to European Aviation
Eurowings			2				Operated by Brussels Airlines
Government, Corporate, Private and undisclosed		5	33	7	24	69
Finnair			7
Garuda Indonesia			3				Leased from China Southwest Airlines
Gulf Air			10
Hainan Airlines					3
Hi Fly			3	2
Hi Fly Malta			8		4	4
Iberia			21		18
Iran Air		1					Leased from Conviasa
Iran Aseman Airlines			1			1
Jet Airways			3				Leased from South African Airways
Joon			4				Reintegrated into Air France in 2019
Kam Air			6			4
Kuwait Airways			4
LAN Airlines			5
Legend Airlines			3			3
Lufthansa		8	30		24	23	Launch customer of the A340 alongside Air France [4] A340-300 to be replaced by Boeing 787-9 [5] Five A340-600 returned from long-term storage, later to be replaced by Boeing 777X
Mahan Air		1	9		8	15	Includes one aircraft nicknamed Deli Mike
Maleth-Aero					4
Mandarin Airlines			1
Olympic Airlines			4				Ceased operations in 2009
Philippine Airlines		4	13
Plus Ultra Líneas Aéreas			4		2		Retired in 2025. [6]
Qatar Airways					4
Royal Brunei Airlines		1
Royal Jordanian		4
Sabena		2	3				Ceased operations in 2001
Safi Airways			1
Saudia			4				Leased from Hi Fly, AirAsia X and Kuwait Airways
Scandinavian Airlines			8
Singapore Airlines			17	5
South African Airways		6	8		9	2
SpiceXpress			1				Leased from Hi Fly Malta
SriLankan Airlines			7
Surinam Airways			3
Swiss International Air Lines			15			4	To be replaced with Airbus A350-900 by 2025. [7]
Syrian Air			2			2
TAM Linhas Aéreas				2			Leased from Air Canada
TAP Air Portugal			4
Thai Airways International				4	6
Turkish Airlines			9
Virgin Atlantic			10		19		Launch customer of A340-600
Virgin Nigeria			2				Leased from Virgin Atlantic
XL Airways France			1				Leased from Hi Fly

Orders and deliveries

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

See also

• List of Airbus A330 operators

References

Footnotes

1. All aircraft delivered to Air France.

Citations

1. "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