List of Airbus A340 operators

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

Operators

There were 214 Airbus A340 aircraft in commercial service Template:As of.<ref name="Airbus_O&D">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>Template:Needs update

Airline	Country	200	300	500	600	Still in service	Notes
Aerolíneas Argentinas	Template:Flagicon	4	9
Aerolíneas Estelar	Template:Flagicon		1				Leased from Hi Fly Malta
Air Atlanta Icelandic	Template:Flagicon		2		2
Air Belgium	Template:Flagicon		4				Replaced by Airbus A330-900<ref>aerotelegraph.com (German) 29 March 2022</ref>
AirBlue	Template:Flagicon		2
Air Bourbon	Template:Flagicon	1					Ceased operations in 2004 Transferred to Air Europa
Air Canada	Template:Flagicon		13	2			A340-500 leased to TAM Linhas Aéreas
Air China	Template:Flagicon		6
Air Comet	Template:Flagicon		3				Ceased operations in 2009
Air Europa	Template:Flagicon	1
Air France	Template:Flagicon	6	24				Launch customer of A340-300
Air Jamaica	Template:Flagicon		3
Air Lanka	Template:Flagicon		3				Rebranded as SriLankan Airlines in 1999
Air Leisure	Template:Flagicon	3					Leased from EgyptAir
Air Liberté	Template:Flagicon	2	2				Ceased operations in 2003
Air Madagascar	Template:Flagicon		2
Air Mauritius	Template:Flagicon		8
Air Namibia	Template:Flagicon		2
Air Tahiti Nui	Template:Flagicon	1	5
AirX Charter	Template:Flagicon		3		2	Template:Yes	A340-600 sold to Air Atlanta Icelandic
AirAsia X	Template:Flagicon		2
Airhub Airlines	Template:Flagicon		3				Transferred to Legend Airlines
AOM French Airlines	Template:Flagicon	3	2				Merged with Air Liberté in 2001
Arik Air	Template:Flagicon			2			Leased from Hi Fly
Austrian Airlines	Template:Flagicon	2	2				A340-200 sold to the French Air Force A340-300 sold to Swiss International Air Lines
Avior Airlines	Template:Flagicon		1				Transferred to Conviasa
Azerbaijan Airlines	Template:Flagicon			2	1	Template:Yes
Azman Air	Template:Flagicon				1
Bek Air	Template:Flagicon		3
Brussels Airlines	Template:Flagicon		2				Operated for Eurowings
BWIA West Indies Airways	Template:Flagicon		2				Rebranded to Caribbean Airlines in 2006
Caribbean Airlines	Template:Flagicon		2
Cathay Pacific	Template:Flagicon	4	18		3		A340-200 sold to Philippine Airlines A340-600 sold to Hainan Airlines
China Airlines	Template:Flagicon		7
China Eastern Airlines	Template:Flagicon		5		5
China Southwest Airlines	Template:Flagicon		3				Merged with Air China in 2002
Conviasa	Template:Flagicon	2	1		3	Template:Yes
Corsair International	Template:Flagicon		1				Leased from Hi Fly
Edelweiss Air	Template:Flagicon		5			Template:Yes	To be replaced with Airbus A350-900 by 2025.<ref>Template:Cite press release</ref>
EgyptAir	Template:Flagicon	3	1				A340-300 leased from Gulf Air
Emirates	Template:Flagicon		8	10			Launch customer of A340-500
Etihad Airways	Template:Flagicon		1	4	7		A340-300 sold to Hi Fly A340-600 sold to European Aviation
Eurowings	Template:Flagicon		2				Operated by Brussels Airlines
Government, Corporate, Private and undisclosed		5	33	7	24	Template:Yes
Finnair	Template:Flagicon		7
Garuda Indonesia	Template:Flagicon		3				Leased from China Southwest Airlines
Gulf Air	Template:Flagicon		10
Hainan Airlines	Template:Flagicon				3
Hi Fly	Template:Flagicon		3	2
Hi Fly Malta	Template:Flagicon		8		4	Template:Yes
Iberia	Template:Flagicon		21		18
Iran Air	Template:Flagicon	1					Leased from Conviasa
Iran Aseman Airlines	Template:Flagicon		1			Template:Yes
Jet Airways	Template:Flagicon		3				Leased from South African Airways
Joon	Template:Flagicon		4				Reintegrated into Air France in 2019
Kam Air	Template:Flagicon		6			Template:Yes
Kuwait Airways	Template:Flagicon		4
LAN Airlines	Template:Flagicon		5
Legend Airlines	Template:Flagicon		3			Template:Yes
Lufthansa	Template:Flagicon	8	30		24	Template:Yes	Launch customer of the A340 alongside Air France<ref>aero.de (German) 25 October 2016</ref> A340-300 to be replaced by Boeing 787-9<ref>aerotelegraph.com - "Airbus A340-300 is Lufthansa's 787 backup solution" (German) 4 November 2022</ref> Five A340-600 returned from long-term storage, later to be replaced by Boeing 777X
Mahan Air	Template:Flagicon	1	9		8	Template:Yes
Maleth-Aero	Template:Flagicon				4
Mandarin Airlines	Template:Flagicon		1
Olympic Airlines	Template:Flagicon		4				Ceased operations in 2009
Philippine Airlines	Template:Flagicon	4	13
Plus Ultra Líneas Aéreas	Template:Flagicon		4		2		Retired in 2025.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Qatar Airways	Template:Flagicon				4
Royal Brunei Airlines	Template:Flagicon	1
Royal Jordanian	Template:Flagicon	4
Sabena	Template:Flagicon	2	3				Ceased operations in 2001
Safi Airways	Template:Flagicon		1
Saudia	Template:Flagicon		4				Leased from Hi Fly, AirAsia X and Kuwait Airways
Scandinavian Airlines	Template:Flagicon		8
Singapore Airlines	Template:Flagicon		17	5
South African Airways	Template:Flagicon	6	8		9	Template:Yes
SpiceXpress	Template:Flagicon		1				Leased from Hi Fly Malta
SriLankan Airlines	Template:Flagicon		7
Surinam Airways	Template:Flagicon		3
Swiss International Air Lines	Template:Flagicon		15			Template:Yes	To be replaced with Airbus A350-900 by 2025.<ref name=swissA350>aerotelegraph.com (German) 12 December 2022</ref>
Syrian Air	Template:Flagicon		2			Template:Yes
TAM Linhas Aéreas	Template:Flagicon			2			Leased from Air Canada
TAP Air Portugal	Template:Flagicon		4
Thai Airways International	Template:Flagicon			4	6
Turkish Airlines	Template:Flagicon		9				Includes one aircraft nicknamed Deli Mike
Virgin Atlantic	Template:Flagicon		10		19		Launch customer of A340-600
Virgin Nigeria	Template:Flagicon		2				Leased from Virgin Atlantic
XL Airways France	Template:Flagicon		1				Leased from Hi Fly

Orders and deliveries

The following is a list of orders and deliveries for the Airbus A340 by variant.<ref name="Airbus_O&D"/>

Customer	Orders
	A340-200	A340-300	A340-500	A340-600	Total
Air Canada		8	2		10
Air China		3			3
Air France	3	11			14
Air Mauritius		5			5
Air Tahiti Nui		4			4
AJW Capital Partners			2		2
Arik Air			2		2
Austrian Airlines	2	2			4
Cathay Pacific		15		3	18
China Airlines		6			6
China Eastern Airlines		5		5	10
China Southwest Airlines		3			3
EgyptAir	3				3
Emirates			10		10
Etihad Airways			4	7	11
Finnair		4			4
Flightlease		2			2
Governments; Executive and Private	6	1	5	2	14
Gulf Air		6			6
Iberia		18		16	34
International Lease Finance Corporation		16		13	29
Kuwait Airways		4			4
LAN-Chile		4			4
Lufthansa	7	28		24	59
Olympic Airlines		4			4
Philippine Airlines	4	4			8
Qatar Airways				4	4
Sabena	3	2			5
Scandinavian Airlines		7			7
Singapore Airlines		17	5		22
South African Airways		6		6	12
SriLankan Airlines		3			3
Swiss International Air Lines		9			9
TAP Air Portugal		4			4
Thai Airways			4	6	10
Turkish Airlines		7			7
Union de Transports AériensTemplate:Refn		7			7
Virgin Atlantic		7		14	21
Totals	28	218	34	97	377

See also

• List of Airbus A330 operators