A340

Several widebody aircraft types will be retired in the coming years, including the A340 and Boeing 747-400. Long-term future of the A380 remains uncertain.

Lufthansa is reducing its schedule, retaining older aircraft, transferring existing jets, and adding staff to brace for the summer travel season.

South African Airways will offer five weekly flights between Johannesburg and Perth, Australia from January of next year.

Air Senegal has made notable adjustments to its flight operations, including the discontinuation of its Dakar-New York-JFK route.

Aerolíneas Argentinas has initiated the sale of its last Airbus A340-200, with registration LV-ZRA (msn 85), which has been stored in Buenos Aires since 2014. Potential buyers are encouraged to request more details via an email provided on the airline’s website, and offers for the aircraft will be accepted until May 1st. The airplane, grounded […]

Lufthansa will modify its operation in Colombia for the summer season 2023, increasing its services on the Frankfurt (FRA) – Bogota (BOG) route and changing aircraft. Currently, the company is the only airline that offers non-stop flights between Germany and the South American country. From March 26 to July 1, 2023, the airline will increase […]

The thought of the end of the pandemic brings forth a great hint of uncertainty, and passenger demand remains just as volatile as new waves of infections and border restrictions. As airlines worldwide continue to review their portfolios, some have to consider leasing out part of their fleet to cut on cost and as an […]

On the early morning hours on Monday, Aerolíneas Argentinas’ last Airbus A340-300, registration LV-FPU of Aerolineas Argentinas, had completed its last commercial flight for the company, which means the decommissioning of the aircraft type from the carrier’s active fleet. The gap will be initially covered by expanding the current Airbus A330 fleet. The Airbus A340 […]

South African Airways is putting up some of its widebody Airbus A340-600 aircraft up for sale in order to accommodate some of the newer Airbus A350-900s being added to its fleet. The Johannesburg-based airline has found it necessary to sell its older Airbus aircraft to accommodate the new models with superior features such as a […]

In a tender posted on its website, South African Airways is now readying the sale of some of its assets that include five Airbus A340-300s and four Airbus A340-600s along with 15 spare engines and auxiliary power units. According to the company’s acting CEO Zuks Ramasia, the sale of these assets will pave the way […]