Set out below is a list of former and current commercial operators of the Airbus A340 airliner.
There were 214 Airbus A340 aircraft in commercial service as of August 2022[update].[1]
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Orders |
Airline | Country | Photo | 200 | 300 | 500 | 600 | Notes |
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Aerolíneas Argentinas | ![]() |
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4 | 2 | |||
Aerolíneas Estelar | ![]() |
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1 | Leased from Hi Fly Malta | |||
Air Atlanta Icelandic | ![]() |
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2 | 2 | |||
Air Belgium | ![]() |
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4 | Replaced by Airbus A330-900[2] | |||
AirBlue | ![]() |
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2 | ||||
Air Bourbon | ![]() |
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1 | Ceased operations in 2004 Transferred to Air Europa | |||
Air Canada | ![]() |
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13 | 2 | A340-500 transferred to TAM Linhas Aéreas | ||
Air China | ![]() |
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7 | ||||
Air Comet | ![]() |
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3 | Ceased operations in 2009 | |||
Air Europa | ![]() |
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1 | ||||
Air France | ![]() |
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6 | 24 | Launch customer of A340-300 | ||
Air Jamaica | ![]() |
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3 | ||||
Air Lanka | ![]() |
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3 | Rebranded to SriLankan Airlines in 1999 | |||
Air Leisure | ![]() |
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3 | Leased from EgyptAir | |||
Air Madagascar | ![]() |
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1 | ||||
Air Mauritius | ![]() |
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2 | ||||
Air Namibia | ![]() |
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2 | ||||
Air Tahiti Nui | ![]() |
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1 | 5 | |||
Air X Charter | ![]() |
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2 | 2 | A340-600 transferred to Air Atlanta Icelandic | ||
AirAsia X | ![]() |
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2 | ||||
Airhub Airlines | ![]() |
3 | |||||
AOM French Airlines | ![]() |
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3 | 2 | Merged with Air Liberté in 2001 | ||
Arik Air | ![]() |
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1 | Leased from Hi Fly | |||
Austrian Airlines | ![]() |
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2 | 2 | A340-300 transferred to Swiss International Air Lines | ||
Avior Airlines | ![]() |
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1 | Transferred to Conviasa | |||
Azerbaijan Airlines | ![]() |
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2 | 1 | |||
Azman Air | ![]() |
1 | |||||
Brussels Airlines | ![]() |
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2 | Operated by Eurowings | |||
BWIA West Indies Airways | ![]() |
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2 | Rebranded to Caribbean Airlines in 2006 | |||
Caribbean Airlines | ![]() |
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2 | ||||
Cathay Pacific | ![]() |
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4 | 18 | 3 | A340-200 transferred to Philippine Airlines A340-600 transferred to Hainan Airlines | |
China Airlines | ![]() |
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7 | 1 from Singapore Airlines | |||
China Eastern Airlines | ![]() |
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5 | 5 | |||
China Southwest Airlines | ![]() |
3 | Merged with Air China in 2002 | ||||
Conviasa | ![]() |
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1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | Operated the world's last commercial A340-200 |
Corsair International | ![]() |
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1 | Leased from Hi Fly | |||
Edelweiss Air | ![]() |
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4 | ||||
EgyptAir | ![]() |
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4 | 3 | |||
Emirates | ![]() |
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8 | 10 | Launch customer of A340-500 | ||
Etihad Airways | ![]() |
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1 | 4 | 8 | A340-300 transferred to Hi Fly A340-600 transferred to European Aviation Group | |
Eurowings | ![]() |
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2 | Operated by Brussels Airlines | |||
Government; Executive and Private | 5 | 5 | 7 | 3 | |||
Finnair | ![]() |
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7 | ||||
Garuda Indonesia | ![]() |
3 | Leased from China Southwest Airlines | ||||
Gulf Air | ![]() |
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10 | ||||
Hainan Airlines | ![]() |
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3 | ||||
Hi Fly | ![]() |
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2 | 2 | |||
Hi Fly Malta | ![]() |
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6 | 4 | |||
Iberia | ![]() |
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21 | 13 | |||
Iran Air | ![]() |
1 | Leased from Conviasa | ||||
Iran Aseman Airlines | ![]() |
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1 | ||||
Jet Airways | ![]() |
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3 | Leased from South African Airways | |||
Joon | ![]() |
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4 | Ceased operations in 2019 Transferred back to Air France | |||
Kam Air | ![]() |
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4 | ||||
Kuwait Airways | ![]() |
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4 | ||||
LAN Airlines | ![]() |
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5 | ||||
Lufthansa | ![]() |
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8 | 17 | 10 | Launch customer of A340-200 A340-300 to be retired | |
Mahan Air | ![]() |
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5 | 5 | |||
Maleth-Aero | ![]() |
3 | |||||
Mandarin Airlines | ![]() |
1 | |||||
Olympic Airlines | ![]() |
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4 | Ceased operations in 2009 | |||
Philippine Airlines | ![]() |
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4 | 14 | |||
Plus Ultra Líneas Aéreas | ![]() |
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2 | 1 | To be retired | ||
Qatar Airways | ![]() |
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4 | ||||
Royal Jordanian | ![]() |
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4 | ||||
Sabena | ![]() |
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2 | 3 | Ceased operations in 2001 | ||
Safi Airways | ![]() |
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3 | 1 | |||
Saudia | ![]() |
4 | Leased from Hi Fly, AirAsia X and Kuwait Airways | ||||
Scandinavian Airlines | ![]() ![]() ![]() |
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6 | ||||
Singapore Airlines | ![]() |
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17 | 5 | |||
South African Airways | ![]() |
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6 | 2 | 9 | ||
SpiceXpress | ![]() |
1 | Leased from Hi Fly Malta | ||||
SriLankan Airlines | ![]() |
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7 | ||||
Surinam Airways | ![]() |
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2 | ||||
Swiss International Air Lines | ![]() |
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5 | To be retired by 2025 | |||
Syrian Air | ![]() |
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2 | ||||
TAM Linhas Aéreas | ![]() |
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2 | Leased from Air Canada | |||
TAP Air Portugal | ![]() |
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4 | ||||
Thai Airways | ![]() |
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4 | 6 | |||
Turkish Airlines | ![]() |
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9 | ||||
Undisclosed | 28 | 21 | |||||
Virgin Atlantic | ![]() |
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10 | 19 | Launch customer of A340-600 | ||
Virgin Nigeria | ![]() |
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2 | Leased from Virgin Atlantic | |||
XL Airways France | ![]() |
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1 | Leased from Hi Fly | |||
The following is a list of orders and deliveries for the Airbus A340 by variant.[1]
Customer | Orders | ||||
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A340-200 | A340-300 | A340-500 | A340-600 | Total | |
Air Canada | 8 | 2 | 10 | ||
Air China | 3 | 3 | |||
Air France | 14 | 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 | 11 | 11 | |||
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 | |||
LATAM Chile | 4 | 4 | |||
Lufthansa | 7 | 28 | 24 | 59 | |
Olympic Airlines | 4 | 4 | |||
Philippine Airlines | 4 | 4 | 8 | ||
Qatar Airways | 4 | 4 | |||
Sabena | 2 | 3 | 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 | 4 | 3 | 7 | ||
Virgin Atlantic | 7 | 14 | 21 | ||
A340-200 | A340-300 | A340-500 | A340-600 | Total | |
Totals | 28 | 218 | 34 | 97 | 377 |