List of Airbus A340 operators

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

Operators As a September of 2026, approximately 70 Airbus a340 aircraft are in operation.

AirlineCountry200300500600Still in serviceNotesAerolíneas ArgentinasArgentina49Aerolíneas EstelarVenezuela1Leased from Hi Fly MaltaAir Atlanta IcelandicIceland22Air BelgiumBelgium4Replaced by Airbus A330-900aerotelegraph.com (German) 29 March 2022AirBluePakistan2Ceased operations in 2014Air BourbonFrance1Ceased operations in 2004 Transferred to Air EuropaAir CanadaCanada132A340-500 leased to TAM Linhas AéreasAir ChinaChina6Air CometSpain3Ceased operations in 2009Air EuropaSpain1Air FranceFrance624Launch customer of A340-300Air JamaicaJamaica3Air LankaSri Lanka3Rebranded as SriLankan Airlines in 1999Air LeisureEgypt3Leased from EgyptAirAir LibertéFrance22Ceased operations in 2003Air MadagascarMadagascar2Air MauritiusMauritius8Air NamibiaNamibia2Air Tahiti NuiFrench Polynesia15AirX CharterMalta32AirAsia XMalaysia2Airhub AirlinesMalta3Transferred to Legend AirlinesAlpha StarSaudi Arabia1AOM French AirlinesFrance32Merged with Air Liberté in 2001Arik AirNigeria2Leased from Hi FlyAustrian AirlinesAustria22A340-200 sold to the French Air Force A340-300 sold to Swiss International Air LinesAvior AirlinesVenezuela1Transferred to ConviasaAzerbaijan AirlinesAzerbaijan21Azman AirNigeria1Bek AirKazakhstan3Brussels AirlinesBelgium2Operated for EurowingsBWIA West Indies AirwaysTrinidad2Rebranded to Caribbean Airlines in 2006Caribbean AirlinesTrinidad2Cathay PacificHong Kong4183A340-200 sold to Philippine Airlines A340-600 sold to Hainan AirlinesChina AirlinesTaiwan7China Eastern AirlinesChina55China Southwest AirlinesChina3Merged with Air China in 2002ConviasaVenezuela213Corsair InternationalFrance1Leased from Hi FlyEdelweiss AirSwitzerland5To be replaced with Airbus A350-900 by 2027.EgyptAirEgypt31A340-300 leased from Gulf AirEmiratesUAE810Launch customer of A340-500Etihad AirwaysUAE147A340-300 sold to Hi Fly A340-600 sold to European AviationEurowingsGermany2Operated by Brussels AirlinesGovernment, Corporate, Private and undisclosed533724FinnairFinland7FlyXZimbabwe5Purchased from Hi Fly.Garuda IndonesiaIndonesia3Leased from China Southwest AirlinesGulf AirBahrain10Hainan AirlinesChina3Hi FlyPortugal32Hi Fly MaltaMalta84IberiaSpain2118Iran AirIran1Leased from ConviasaIran Aseman AirlinesIran1Jet AirwaysIndia3Leased from South African AirwaysJoonFrance4Reintegrated into Air France in 2019Kam AirAfghanistan6Kuwait AirwaysKuwait4LAN AirlinesChile5Legend AirlinesRomania3LufthansaGermany83024Launch customer of the A340 alongside Air Franceaero.de (German) 25 October 2016 A340-300 to be replaced by Boeing 787-9aerotelegraph.com - "Airbus A340-300 is Lufthansa's 787 backup solution" (German) 4 November 2022Five A340-600 returned from long-term storage, later to be replaced by Airbus A350-1000Mahan AirIran198Includes one aircraft nicknamed Deli MikeMaleth-AeroMalta4Mandarin AirlinesTaiwan1Olympic AirlinesGreece4Ceased operations in 2009Philippine AirlinesPhilippines413Plus Ultra Líneas AéreasSpain42Retired in 2025.Qatar AirwaysQatar4Royal Brunei AirlinesBrunei1Royal JordanianJordan4SabenaBelgium23Ceased operations in 2001Safi AirwaysAfghanistan1SaudiaSaudi Arabia4Leased from Hi Fly, AirAsia X and Kuwait AirwaysScandinavian AirlinesSweden8Singapore AirlinesSingapore175South African AirwaysSouth Africa689SpiceXpressIndia1Leased from Hi Fly MaltaSriLankan AirlinesSri Lanka7Surinam AirwaysSuriname3Swiss International Air LinesSwitzerland15To be replaced with Airbus A350-900 by 2027.aerotelegraph.com (German) 12 December 2022Syrian AirSyria2TAM Linhas AéreasBrazil2Leased from Air CanadaTAP Air PortugalPortugal4Thai Airways InternationalThailand46Turkish AirlinesTurkey9Virgin AtlanticUK1019Launch customer of A340-600Virgin NigeriaNigeria2Leased from Virgin AtlanticXL Airways FranceFrance1Leased from Hi Fly

Orders and deliveries The following is a list of orders and deliveries for the Airbus A340 by variant.

CustomerOrdersA340-200A340-300A340-500A340-600TotalAir Canada8210Air China33Air France31114Air Mauritius55Air Tahiti Nui44AJW Capital Partners22Arik Air22Austrian Airlines224Cathay Pacific15318China Airlines66China Eastern Airlines5510China Southwest Airlines33EgyptAir33Emirates1010Etihad Airways4711Finnair44Flightlease22Governments; Executive and Private615214Gulf Air66Iberia181634International Lease Finance Corporation161329Kuwait Airways44LAN-Chile44Lufthansa7282459Olympic Airlines44Philippine Airlines448Qatar Airways44Sabena325Scandinavian Airlines77Singapore Airlines17522South African Airways6612SriLankan Airlines33Swiss International Air Lines99TAP Air Portugal44Thai Airways4610Turkish Airlines77Union de Transports Aériens77Virgin Atlantic71421Totals282183497377

See also List of Airbus A330 operators

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