Airbus A340

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airliner variant commercial passenger aircraft long-range airliner stretched airliner variant ultra-long-range airliner variant wide-body jet airliner

The Airbus A340 is a long-range, four-engine wide-body commercial airliner designed for intercontinental passenger flights.

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Observed surface forms (6)

Surface form	Occurrences
Airbus A340-200	1
Airbus A340-300	1
Airbus A340-500	1
Airbus A340-600	1
Airbus A340 (transport/VIP)	1
Airbus A340 program	1

Statements (51)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	airliner variant ⓘ airliner variant ⓘ commercial passenger aircraft ⓘ long-range airliner ⓘ stretched airliner variant ⓘ ultra-long-range airliner variant ⓘ wide-body jet airliner ⓘ
aircraftType	four-engine jet ⓘ wide-body ⓘ
canBeConfiguredAs	all-economy layout ⓘ multi-class layout ⓘ
designConfiguration	low-wing cantilever monoplane ⓘ
designedFor	intercontinental passenger flights ⓘ
developedAlongside	Airbus A330 ⓘ
developedFrom	Airbus A300 ⓘ surface form: Airbus A300 family technologies
engineConfiguration	four underwing turbofan engines ⓘ
familyVariant	Airbus A340 self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Airbus A340-200 Airbus A340 self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Airbus A340-300 Airbus A340 self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Airbus A340-500 Airbus A340 self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Airbus A340-600
firstFlightDate	1991-10-25 ⓘ
fuselageType	twin-aisle ⓘ
introducedIntoService	1993 ⓘ
landingGearConfiguration	tricycle landing gear ⓘ
launchCustomer	Air France ⓘ Lufthansa ⓘ
manufacturer	Airbus ⓘ
marketPosition	long-haul wide-body segment ⓘ
notableFeature	long fuselage ⓘ very long range capability ⓘ
numberBuilt	377 ⓘ
primaryUse	civil aviation ⓘ passenger transport ⓘ
productionEndYear	2011 ⓘ
productionStartYear	1991 ⓘ
rangeClass	intercontinental ⓘ
role	high-capacity long-range airliner ⓘ long-haul passenger transport ⓘ long-range passenger airliner ⓘ long-range passenger airliner ⓘ ultra-long-range passenger airliner ⓘ
status	out of production ⓘ
successorInProductLine	Airbus A330 ⓘ surface form: Airbus A330neo Airbus A350 ⓘ surface form: Airbus A350 XWB
tailConfiguration	conventional tailplane ⓘ
typicalCruiseSpeedKmh	870 ⓘ
typicalCruiseSpeedMach	0.82 ⓘ
typicalFlightDeckCrew	2 ⓘ
typicalSeating	around 240 passengers ⓘ around 295 passengers ⓘ
typicalTwoClassCapacityRange	around 250–380 passengers ⓘ

Referenced by (11)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Royal Thai Air Force → aircraftInService → Airbus A340 ⓘ

this entity surface form: Airbus A340 (transport/VIP)

Lufthansa → aircraftTypeInFleet → Airbus A340 ⓘ

Airbus A330 → developedAlongside → Airbus A340 ⓘ

Airbus A340 → familyVariant → Airbus A340 self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Airbus A340-200

Airbus A340 → familyVariant → Airbus A340 self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Airbus A340-300

Airbus A340 → familyVariant → Airbus A340 self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Airbus A340-500

Airbus A340 → familyVariant → Airbus A340 self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Airbus A340-600

Boeing 777 → mainCompetitor → Airbus A340 ⓘ

South African Airways → operatesAircraftType → Airbus A340 ⓘ

Aérospatiale → participatedIn → Airbus A340 ⓘ

this entity surface form: Airbus A340 program

Airbus → product → Airbus A340 ⓘ