List of Airbus A340 operators

Set out below is a list of former and current operators of the Airbus A340 airliner.

Operators

There were 214 Airbus A340 aircraft in commercial service as of November 2022^[update].^{[1][needs update]}

Airline	Country	200	300	500	600	Still in service	Notes
Aerolíneas Argentinas		4	9
Aerolíneas Estelar			1				Leased from Hi Fly Malta
Air Atlanta Icelandic			2		2
Air Belgium			4				Replaced by Airbus A330-900[2]
AirBlue			2
Air Bourbon		1					Ceased operations in 2004 Transferred to Air Europa
Air Canada			13	2			A340-500 leased to TAM Linhas Aéreas
Air China			6
Air Comet			3				Ceased operations in 2009
Air Europa		1
Air France		6	24				Launch customer of A340-300
Air Jamaica			3
Air Lanka			3				Rebranded as SriLankan Airlines in 1999
Air Leisure		3					Leased from EgyptAir
Air Liberté		2	2				Ceased operations in 2003
Air Madagascar			2
Air Mauritius			8
Air Namibia			2
Air Tahiti Nui		1	5
AirX Charter			3		2	1	A340-600 sold to Air Atlanta Icelandic
AirAsia X			2
Airhub Airlines			3				Transferred to Legend Airlines
AOM French Airlines		3	2				Merged with Air Liberté in 2001
Arik Air				2			Leased from Hi Fly
Austrian Airlines		2	2				A340-200 sold to the French Air Force A340-300 sold to Swiss International Air Lines
Avior Airlines			1				Transferred to Conviasa
Azerbaijan Airlines				2	1	3	Both A340-500s are stored
Azman Air					1	1
Bek Air			3
Brussels Airlines			2				Operated for Eurowings
BWIA West Indies Airways			2				Rebranded to Caribbean Airlines in 2006
Caribbean Airlines			2
Cathay Pacific		4	18		3		A340-200 sold to Philippine Airlines A340-600 sold to Hainan Airlines
China Airlines			7
China Eastern Airlines			5		5
China Southwest Airlines			3				Merged with Air China in 2002
Conviasa		2	1		3	5
Corsair International			1				Leased from Hi Fly
Edelweiss Air			5			5	To be replaced with Airbus A350-900 by 2025.[3]
EgyptAir		3	1				A340-300 leased from Gulf Air
Emirates			8	10			Launch customer of A340-500
Etihad Airways			1	4	7		A340-300 sold to Hi Fly A340-600 sold to European Aviation
Eurowings			2				Operated by Brussels Airlines
Government; Executive and Private		5	5	7	3	20
Finnair			7
Garuda Indonesia			3				Leased from China Southwest Airlines
Gulf Air			10
Hainan Airlines					3
Hi Fly			3	2
Hi Fly Malta			8		4	4
Iberia			21		18
Iran Air		1					Leased from Conviasa
Iran Aseman Airlines			1			1
Jet Airways			3				Leased from South African Airways
Joon			4				Reintegrated into Air France in 2019
Kam Air			6			4
Kuwait Airways			4
LAN Airlines			5
Legend Airlines			3			3
Lufthansa		8	30		24	27	Launch customer of the A340 alongside Air France[4] A340-300 to be replaced by Boeing 787-9[5] Five A340-600 returned from long-term storage, later to be replaced by Boeing 777X
Mahan Air		1	7		7	11
Maleth-Aero					4	1
Mandarin Airlines			1
Olympic Airlines			4				Ceased operations in 2009
Philippine Airlines		4	13
Plus Ultra Líneas Aéreas			4		2	2	To be retired by 2025.[6]
Qatar Airways					4
Royal Jordanian		4
Sabena		2	3				Ceased operations in 2001
Safi Airways			1
Saudia			4				Leased from Hi Fly, AirAsia X and Kuwait Airways
Scandinavian Airlines			8
Singapore Airlines			17	5
South African Airways		6	8		9	1
SpiceXpress			1				Leased from Hi Fly Malta
SriLankan Airlines			7
Surinam Airways			3
Swiss International Air Lines			15			4	To be replaced with Airbus A350-900 by 2025.[7]
Syrian Air			2			2
TAM Linhas Aéreas				2			Leased from Air Canada
TAP Air Portugal			4
Thai Airways International				4	6
Turkish Airlines			9				Includes one aircraft nicknamed Deli Mike
Undisclosed			28		21	49
Virgin Atlantic			10		19		Launch customer of A340-600
Virgin Nigeria			2				Leased from Virgin Atlantic
XL Airways France			1				Leased from Hi Fly

Orders and deliveries

The following is a list of orders and deliveries for the Airbus A340 by variant.^[1]

See also

• List of Airbus A330 operators

References

Footnotes

Citations