#a340

[enriquemzn262]

When Airbus was developing the successor of the highly successful A300 twin-engine wide body airliner, their entry into the commercial aircraft market.

They faced the issue of ETOPS restrictions, basically a series of rules that limited aircraft range based on number of engines, and since they wanted to both replace the A300 and compete with the 747 and DC-10/MD-11, they basically developed a single airframe and wing for two planes

The A330, the direct successor to the A300

And the A340, the new challenger in the pacific and long-range flights.

The funny thing is, the A340 didn’t get 4 of the A330 engines, instead, as you can see, it got smaller engines, actually from the narrow body A320.

In effect just giving a tad more power and range compared to the A330, but giving us what has to be the most underpowered wide body airliner ever made, infamous for it’s long take-off runs and atrocious climb rates.

Hence why Airbus came back to its senses and actually gave it proper wide-body engines, finally creating a proper contender to the 747.

Sadly, with the end of the ETOPS restrictions and the rise of ultra-long range twin jets, the days of the A340 were counted, its production run ending in 2010.

Something that actually helped her smaller twin sister A330, which has found new life in the current wide body market thanks to newer, better engines, in a way, learning from the lessons of the A340.

[nocternalrandomness]

Airbus Airliners

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📷 Just Planes

[otachi13]

Lufthansa A340 at Bogotá airport

[aviaposter]

Airbus A340-600 Qatar Airways A7-AGD A fragment of the poster

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[planespotterkq]

TAP Air Portugal A340-300

[rouzys]

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[hermanwalraet]

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[supplyside]

A340

[pcgamer]

Watch This Amazing Landing At Naia Int. Airport - PAL A340-300

[yusufquince]

Nights like this I am reminded of how vast the world is and how little we are in the world yet important in the grand scheme of things how we are all pieces of the pi puzzle and yet we all add up to complete the circle.

[nocternalrandomness]

Red-eye flight coming out of JFK

[ericartoon]

Egyptian Airbus A340

2023-01-31

[yz]

Iberia Airbus A340. 2013. Boston.

[aviaposter]

Airbus A340-300 Edelweiss Air

Registration: HB-JMG Named: Melchsee-Frutt Type: 340-313 Engines: 4 × CFMI CFM56-5C4/P Serial Number: 562 First flight: Nov 12, 2003

Edelweiss Air AG is a Swiss leisure airline, charter airline and the sister company of Swiss International Air Lines. It operates flights to European and intercontinental destinations from its base at Zürich Airport. The airline was founded on 19 October 1995 in Bassersdorf, Switzerland. The company's name is derived from the Swiss unofficial national flower, the Edelweiss, which is also painted on its aircraft. In the period from 2017 to 2018, Edelweiss Air added the four Airbus A340-300 aircraft to its fleet, previously operated by its parent company Swiss International Air Lines. The aircrafts were used to expand the route network.

Poster for Aviators. aviaposter.com