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Airbus A340-200
Manufactured 1991–2012
First flight 25 October 1991

Airbus A340-200


General information
Role	Wide-body airliner
National origin	Multi-national
Manufacturer	Airbus
Status	In service
Primary users	Lufthansa Mahan Air Edelweiss Air Swiss International Air Lines
Number built	380 (377 delivered to airlines)
History
Manufactured	1991–2012
Introduction date	15 March 1993 with Lufthansa and Air France
First flight	25 October 1991; 33 years ago

General information

Role

Wide-body airliner

National origin

Multi-national

Manufacturer

Airbus

Status

In service

Primary users

Lufthansa

Number built

380 (377 delivered to airlines)

History

Manufactured

1991–2012

Introduction date

15 March 1993 with Lufthansa and Air France

First flight

25 October 1991; 33 years ago

Developed from Airbus A300

The Airbus A340 is a long-range, wide-body passenger airliner that was developed and produced by Airbus. In the mid-1970s, Airbus conceived several derivatives of the A300, its first airliner, and developed the A340 quadjet in parallel with the A330 twinjet. In June 1987, Airbus launched both designs with their first orders and the A340-300 took its maiden flight on 25 October 1991. It was certified along with the A340-200 on 22 December 1992 and both versions entered service in March 1993 with launch customers Lufthansa and Air France

Development

Background

When Airbus designed the Airbus A300 during the 1970s it envisioned a broad family of airliners to compete against Boeing and McDonnell Douglas, two established US aerospace manufacturers. From the moment of formation, Airbus had begun studies into derivatives of the Airbus A300B in support of this long-term goal. Prior to the service introduction of the first Airbus airliners, Airbus had identified nine possible variations of the A300 known as A300B1 to B9. A tenth variation, conceived in 1973, later the first to be constructed, was designated the A300B10. It was a smaller aircraft that would be developed into the long-range Airbus A310. Airbus then focused its efforts on the single-aisle market, which resulted in the Airbus A320 family, which was the first digital fly-by-wire commercial aircraft. The decision to work on the A320, instead of a four-engine aircraft proposed by the Germans, created divisions within Airbus. As the SA or "single aisle" studies (which later became the successful Airbus A320) underwent development to challenge the successful Boeing 737 and Douglas DC-9 in the single-aisle, narrow-body airliner market, Airbus turned its focus back to the wide-body aircraft market..

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Airbus A340-200
Manufactured 1991–2012
First flight 25 October 1991

General characteristics

Crew	2
Passengers	typ. 380, max. 440

Length: 45.1 m (148 ft 0 in)
Wingspan: 42.4 m (139 ft 1 in)
Height: 14.7 m (48 ft 3 in)

225.1 m² (2,384 sq ft)


Length	75,30 m	247 ft 1 in
Height	17,30 m	56 ft 9 in

Powerplants

Propulsion	4 Turbofan Engines
Engine Model	Rolls-Royce Trent 556-61
Engine Power (each)	260,2 kN

Specifications

Speed	915 km/h
Mmo (max. Mach)	Mach 0.86
Service Ceiling	12.634 m
Range	14.599 km

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Manufactured 1991–2012
First flight 25 October 1991

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