Airbus A340 Review
The Airbus A340 was developed as a long-range four-engined wide-body commercial passenger airliner and manufactured by , a subsidiary of EADS. It can seat between 261 and 380 passengers comfortably and has a range of between 6,700 and 9,000 N M. It’s design is similar to the twin-engined A330. The first A340 versions shared the fuselage and wing of the A330 while later models of the A340 are longer and have larger wings.
Launched in June 1987, the Airbus A340 was a long-range partner to the short-range A320 and the medium-range A300. At the time, Airbus’s twinjets were at a disadvantage against aircraft such as the Boeing 747 because of the ETOPS problem as defined by the then-current regulations: two-engined aircraft had to stay within 60 minutes’ flying distance of a suitable diversion airport, which prevented them from competing on long over water routes.
The A340 was designed beside the twin-engined A330 so both aircraft now share the similar fuselage structure and the same wing, and lend heavily from the advanced avionics and composite structure technology developed for the A320.
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