SWISS and the Swiss Museum of Transport are working together to preserve Swiss aviation history. Once the last Airbus A340-300 completes its service, it is to be housed permanently at the Swiss Museum of Transport in Lucerne. The importance of the Airbus A340-300 is supported by its role as the key aircraft in SWISS’s long-haul […]
Travel Radar•Nibras Malik12h ago
NEW YORK — The Iranian official delegation made its high-profile arrival in the United States to attend the 81st Session of the United Nations General Assembly, navigating a long-haul, multi-leg transatlantic flight. The delegation departed from Tehran’s Mehrabad International Airport (THR) aboard a 34-year-old Airbus A340-311 (registration EP-IGI) at 8:15 AM IRST (04:45 UTC) on […]
Lufthansa's A340-600s are being retired soon, so here is how you can keep track of, or even fly on one of the final flights.
On this week’s episode of AvTalk, the more we learn about last Sunday’s fatal runway overrun in Miami , the more confusing the circumstances become. We break down what we know from the ADS-B data and the limited flight data recorder information released by the NTSB thus far. A computer failure at NATS leads to the cancellation of 1500 flights over two days in the UK, while Anak Krakatau’s eruption halts flights in Jakarta. One of only two active DC-8s suffers a runway overrun and gear collapse in Kinshasa. We learn about Honeywell’s Mag Mav, Italian passengers and the danger of steep stairs, and the Swiss transport museum needs to figure out where its going to put a retired A340. And United’s planned 9/11 flypast in Denver is getting push back. (Ed. note: the flypast was canceled after recording of this episode) Check back soon for a transcript of this week’s episode.
Flightradar24 Blog•Flightradar2411 Sept
The jet turned around over northwestern Scotland.
Aviation News – SWISS and the Swiss Museum of Transport have partnered to preserve HB-JMH, one of the airline’s last Airbus A340-300 passenger jets, as...
SWISS and the Swiss Museum of Transport are working together to preserve one of the airline’s last Airbus…
AeroTime•Jean Carmela Lim8 Sept
The jet had been in preservation for around a decade before its fiery demise.
A retired Airbus A340 was severely damaged by fire on Saturday after flames broke out aboard the aircraft at an aviation and science centre in Çay?rova, near Istanbul. The fire broke out on September 5 at around 15:00 local time at the UçakPark Aviation Science Center in Kocaeli province. Firefighters and police were dispatched to […]
Aviation24.be•Bart Noëth6 Sept
Former airliner had been preserved in Kocaeli after an earlier plan to turn it into a restaurant was abandoned
Air Data News•Ricardo Meier6 Sept
The A340's four engines were not a mistake, but a necessary design choice based on the limitations of engine technology and regulatory standards.
Safran Landing Systems and Lufthansa Technik have signed a 10-year Support and Services Agreement (SSA) for Airbus A320 family, A330, A340 and A350 landing gear and hydraulic equipment. This long-term […]
Safran Landing Systems and Lufthansa Technik have signed a ten-year support and services agreement (SSA) covering landing gear and hydraulic equipment for Airbus A320 family, A330, A340 and A350 aircraft. Announced at the Farnborough International Airshow, the agreement provides Lufthansa Technik with OEM support for its global MRO operations, including certified spare parts, engineering and […]
AviTrader•Heike Tamm24 JulSafran Landing Systems and Lufthansa Technik have signed a 10-year support agreement covering Airbus A320 family, A330, A340 and A350 landing gear…
Aviation Business News•Craig Waters23 JulLufthansa is allowing aviation enthusiasts to own a genuine piece of one of its most iconic aircraft as the airline prepares to retire its remaining Airbus A340-600 fleet. The German flag carrier is expected to withdraw its final four Airbus A340-600 aircraft at the end of the 2026 summer schedule as part of a wider […]
Travel Radar•Hannah Sass17 Jul
Lufthansa’s Airbus A340-300 (D-AIGT) “Viersen” has celebrated a special milestone: when it operated flight LH405 from New York to Frankfurt on July 7th, it would have been collecting important data...
One Airbus A340-600 Has Already Been Upcycled
Fifteen years ago on July 8, 2011, Lufthansa’s Airbus A340-300 with the registration “D-AIGT” flew from Frankfurt (FRA) to Lagos (LOS) not just to transport passengers, but with its added mission to collect important data for climate research. This marked a world’s-first for long-term observation of the Earth’s atmosphere using scheduled flights. IAGOS Project The […]
Travel Radar•Kate Angel8 Jul
Lufthansa’s Airbus A340-300 “Viersen” (D-AIGT) has marked 15 years of collecting vital climate data during regular passenger flights as part of the European IAGOS research program.
AviationSource News•Len Varley8 Jul
To finish offmy two-part birthday trip to the Golden Triangle, my dad and I flew Lufthansas A340 first class from Frankfurt (FRA) to New York (JFK), which was my first flight featuringLufthansas new first class soft product (and with Lufthansa seemingly now restricting first class awards, perhaps also my last).
One Mile at a Time•Ben Schlappig27 Jun