Tour company White Desert uses private jets to shuttle people to its Antarctic camps from South Africa. The largest option is the quad-engine Airbus A340, which touched down on the ice for the first ...

Germany's Air Force is selling its former VIP Airbus A340-300 plane in mid-Janaury 2024. The move comes after the jet experienced several mechanical failures with German officials onboard. Germany has ...

For obvious reasons,quadjet aircraft are becoming increasingly uncommon. Using Cirium Diio and OAG data to examine every planned flight in June 2025 shows they'll operate just 4.4% of all widebody ...

While the A380 superjumbo is enjoying a steady resurgence after having been on the brink of retirement during the pandemic, its older sibling – another four-engined aircraft from Airbus – seems ...

For years, Airbus has dominated the commercial aircraft space alongside Boeing, offering flight options for both freight and passengers. As you might expect, the company has an impressive catalog of ...

Virgin Atlantic Airways today confirmed that it will be the launch customer of the new Airbus A340-600 with the first aircraft entering service in June 2002. Four aircraft will be delivered between ...

French investigators are advising that simulator training should incorporate shock effects after a pilot's startled reflex reaction to an overspeed alarm sent an Air France Airbus A340-300 into a ...