Airbus A340

Airbus A340
Role	Wide-Body Jet airliner
National origin	Multi-country origin
Manufacturer	Airbus
First flight	25 October 1991
Introduction	15 March 1993 with Lufthansa
Status	Not made anymore, but still used by airlines
Primary users	Lufthansa Iberia Virgin Atlantic South African Airways
Produced	1993-2011
Number built	377
Unit cost	A340-200: US$87 million (1989) A340-300: US$238.0 million (2011) A340-500: US$261.8 million (2011) A340-600: US$275.4 million (2011)
Developed from	Airbus A300
Variants	Airbus A330
Developed into	Airbus A350 XWB

The Airbus A340 is a long-range four-engined widebody commercial passenger airplane manufactured by Airbus S.A.S. a subsidiary of EADS. It is similar in design to the twin-engined A330.

There are 4 variants of this model: The A340-200 (which is the shortest), the A340-300, the A340-500 and the longest one the A340-600. The A340-600 is the second longest passenger plane in the world.

Having four engines, the A340 uses more fuel than many other aircrafts. However, that also mean it does not have to pass the ETOPS (extended range twin operations) test to fly long range.

The Airbus A340 is no longer in production as it was replaced by the more efficient Airbus A350 XWB.