List of Airbus A340 operators

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

Airline operators

There were 214 Airbus A340 aircraft in commercial service as of November 2021[1]

Legend Notes
* Current
* Former
Orders
Airline Country Photo 200 300 500 600 Notes
Aerolíneas Argentinas  Argentina 4 2
Aerolíneas Estelar  Venezuela 1 Leased from Hi Fly Malta
Air Atlanta Icelandic  Iceland 1 2
Air Belgium  Belgium 4 Retired in 2022 and replaced by Airbus A330-900neo.[2]
AirBlue  Pakistan 2
Air Bourbon  France 1 Ceased operations in 2004
Transferred to Air Europa
Air Canada  Canada 13 2 A340-500 transferred to TAM Airlines
Air China  China 7
Air Comet  Spain 3 Ceased operations in 2009
Air Europa  Spain 1
Air France  France 6 24 Launch customer of A340-300
Air Jamaica  Jamaica 3
Air Lanka  Sri Lanka 3 Rebranded to SriLankan Airlines in 1999
Air Leisure  Egypt 3 Leased from EgyptAir
Air Madagascar  Madagascar 2
Air Mauritius  Mauritius 2
Air Namibia  Namibia 2
Air Tahiti Nui  French Polynesia 1 5
Air X Charter  Malta 2 2 A340-600 transferred to Air Atlanta Icelandic
AirAsia X  Malaysia 2
Airhub Airlines  Malta 2
AOM French Airlines  France 3 2 Merged with Air Liberté in 2001
Arik Air  Nigeria 1 Leased from Hi Fly
Austrian Airlines  Austria 2 2 A340-300 transferred to Swiss International Air Lines
Avior Airlines  Venezuela 1 Transferred to Conviasa
Azerbaijan Airlines  Azerbaijan 2 1
Azman Air  Nigeria 1
Brussels Airlines  Belgium 2 Operated by Eurowings
BWIA West Indies Airways  Trinidad and Tobago 2 Rebranded to Caribbean Airlines in 2006
Caribbean Airlines  Trinidad and Tobago 2
Cathay Pacific  Hong Kong 4 18 3 A340-200 transferred to Philippine Airlines
A340-600 transferred to Hainan Airlines
China Airlines  Taiwan 7 1 from Singapore Airlines
1 painted in Mandarin Airlines livery (Mar. 2006- Jun. 2007)
China Eastern Airlines  China 5 5
China Southwest Airlines  China 3 Merged with Air China in 2002
Conviasa  Venezuela 1 1 1 1
Corsair International  France 1 Leased from Hi Fly
Edelweiss Air   Switzerland 4
EgyptAir  Egypt 4 3
Emirates  United Arab Emirates 8 10 Launch customer of A340-500
Etihad Airways  United Arab Emirates 1 4 8 A340-300 transferred to Hi Fly
A340-600 transferred to European Aviation Group
Eurowings  Germany 2 Operated by Brussels Airlines
Government; Executive And Private 5 5 7 3
Finnair  Finland 7
Garuda Indonesia  Indonesia 3 Leased from China Southwest Airlines
Gulf Air  Bahrain 10
Hainan Airlines  China 3
Hi Fly  Portugal 2 2
Hi Fly Malta  Malta 6 4
Iberia  Spain 21 13
Iran Air  Iran 1 Leased from Conviasa
Iran Aseman Airlines  Iran 1
Jet Airways  India 3 Leased from South African Airways
Joon  France 4 Ceased operations in 2019
Transferred back to Air France
Kam Air  Afghanistan 4
Kuwait Airways  Kuwait 4
LAN Airlines  Chile 5
Lufthansa  Germany 8 17 10 Launch customer of A340-200
A340-300 to be retired
Mahan Air  Iran 5 6
Maleth-Aero  Malta 3
Olympic Airlines  Greece 4 Ceased operations in 2009
Philippine Airlines  Philippines 4 14
Plus Ultra Líneas Aéreas  Spain 2 1 A340-300 to be retired by 2023
Qatar Airways  Qatar 4
Royal Jordanian  Jordan 4
Sabena  Belgium 2 3 Ceased operations in 2001
Safi Airways  Afghanistan 3 1
Saudia  Saudi Arabia 4 Leased from Hi Fly, AirAsia X and Kuwait Airways
Scandinavian Airlines  Sweden
 Denmark
 Norway		 6
Singapore Airlines  Singapore 17 5
South African Airways  South Africa 6 1 9
SpiceXpress  India 1 Leased from Hi Fly Malta
SriLankan Airlines  Sri Lanka 7
Surinam Airways  Suriname 2
Swiss International Air Lines   Switzerland 5 To be retired by 2025
Syrian Air  Syria 2
TAM Airlines  Brazil 2 Leased from Air Canada
TAP Air Portugal  Portugal 4
Thai Airways  Thailand 4 6
Turkish Airlines  Turkey 9
Undisclosed 28 21
Virgin Atlantic  United Kingdom 10 19 Launch customer of A340-600
Virgin Nigeria  Nigeria 2 Leased from Virgin Atlantic
XL Airways France  France 1 Leased from Hi Fly

See also

References
  1. "Orders & Deliveries". Airbus. 30 June 2021. Archived from the original on 10 February 2019. Retrieved 9 July 2021.
  2. aerotelegraph.com (German) 29 March 2022
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