Once a staple of long-haul travel and a symbol of Airbus’ ambition to rival Boeing’s widebodies, the four-engine Airbus A340 ...

NEW YORK - The Air France jetliner that burst into flames while landing in Toronto is the first A340 plane to crash since the craft was introduced by manufacturer Airbus more than a decade ago.

The A340 was introduced 30 years ago with Lufthansa and Air France, but only 380 have been produced since, the last in 2012. By comparison, Airbus has already made 565 of its successor ...

When Air France flight 358 from Paris to Toronto had ... Olivier Dubois was sitting in the rear of the A340 Airbus. From NPR News, this is ALL THINGS CONSIDERED. I'm Melissa Block.

Air France and Lufthansa, both of which served Bogota with A340-300s, conducted a joint analysis of rotation techniques in the aftermath of the incident. The two airlines compared their flight ...

for which it was the launch customer (jointly with Air France) back in 1993. The airline operates both the A340-300 and ...

An Air France A340 burns after skidding off the runway Tuesday at Pearson International Airport in Toronto and landing in a wooded ravine. Only minor injuries were reported among the 297 ...

The Air France Airbus A340 plane had had routine maintenance in China, before flying to Paris and then on to Boston in the US before the blunder was spotted. The plane, which can carry up to 440 ...