List of Airbus A340 operators

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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 {{as of|2022|11|lc=y}}.{{cite web|title=Orders & Deliveries|url=https://www.airbus.com/en/products-services/commercial-aircraft/market/orders-and-deliveries|work=Airbus|date=30 June 2021|access-date=9 July 2021|archive-date=10 February 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190210065631/https://www.airbus.com/aircraft/market/orders-deliveries.html|url-status=live}}{{needs update|date=March 2024}}

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Airline

!class="unsortable"|Country

!200

!300

!500

!600

!Still in
service

!Notes

align=left|Aerolíneas Argentinas

|{{flagicon|Argentina}}

|4

|9

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align=left|Aerolíneas Estelar

|{{flagicon|Venezuela}}

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|1

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|align=left|Leased from Hi Fly Malta

align=left|Air Atlanta Icelandic

|{{flagicon|Iceland}}

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|2

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|2

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align=left|Air Belgium

|{{flagicon|Belgium}}

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|4

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|

|

|align=left|Replaced by Airbus A330-900[https://www.aerotelegraph.com/air-belgium-beendet-das-kapitel-airbus-a340 aerotelegraph.com] (German) 29 March 2022

align=left|AirBlue

|{{flagicon|Pakistan}}

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|2

|

|

|

|

align=left|Air Bourbon

|{{flagicon|France}}

|1

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|

|

|

|align=left|Ceased operations in 2004
Transferred to Air Europa

align=left|Air Canada

|{{flagicon|Canada}}

|

|13

|2

|

|

|align=left|A340-500 leased to TAM Linhas Aéreas

align=left|Air China

|{{flagicon|China}}

|

|6

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|

|

|

align=left|Air Comet

|{{flagicon|Spain}}

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|3

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|

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|align=left|Ceased operations in 2009

align=left|Air Europa

|{{flagicon|Spain}}

|1

|

|

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|

|

align=left|Air France

|{{flagicon|France}}

|6

|24

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|

|

|align=left|Launch customer of A340-300

align=left|Air Jamaica

|{{flagicon|Jamaica}}

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|3

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|

|

|

align=left|Air Lanka

|{{flagicon|Sri Lanka}}

|

|3

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|

|

|align=left|Rebranded as SriLankan Airlines in 1999

align=left|Air Leisure

|{{flagicon|Egypt}}

|3

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|

|align=left|Leased from EgyptAir

align=left|Air Liberté

|{{flagicon|France}}

|2

|2

|

|

|

|align=left|Ceased operations in 2003

align=left|Air Madagascar

|{{flagicon|Madagascar}}

|

|2

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|

|

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align=left|Air Mauritius

|{{flagicon|Mauritius}}

|

|8

|

|

|

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align=left|Air Namibia

|{{flagicon|Namibia}}

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|2

|

|

|

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align=left|Air Tahiti Nui

|{{flagicon|French Polynesia}}

|1

|5

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|

|

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align=left|AirX Charter

|{{flagicon|Malta}}

|

|3

|

|2

|{{yes|1}}

|align=left|A340-600 sold to Air Atlanta Icelandic

align=left|AirAsia X

|{{flagicon|Malaysia}}

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|2

|

|

|

|

align=left|Airhub Airlines

|{{flagicon|Malta}}

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|3

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|

|

|align=left|Transferred to Legend Airlines

align=left|AOM French Airlines

|{{flagicon|France}}

|3

|2

|

|

|

|align=left|Merged with Air Liberté in 2001

align=left|Arik Air

|{{flagicon|Nigeria}}

|

|

|2

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|align=left|Leased from Hi Fly

align=left|Austrian Airlines

|{{flagicon|Austria}}

|2

|2

|

|

|

|align=left|A340-200 sold to the French Air Force
A340-300 sold to Swiss International Air Lines

align=left|Avior Airlines

|{{flagicon|Venezuela}}

|

|1

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|

|

|align=left|Transferred to Conviasa

align=left|Azerbaijan Airlines

|{{flagicon|Azerbaijan}}

|

|

|2

|1

|{{yes|3}}

|align=left|Both A340-500s are stored

align=left|Azman Air

|{{flagicon|Nigeria}}

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|

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|1

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align=left|Bek Air

|{{flagicon|Kazakhstan}}

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|3

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|

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align=left|Brussels Airlines

|{{flagicon|Belgium}}

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|2

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|

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|align=left|Operated for Eurowings

align=left|BWIA West Indies Airways

|{{flagicon|Trinidad}}

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|2

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|

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|align=left|Rebranded to Caribbean Airlines in 2006

align=left|Caribbean Airlines

|{{flagicon|Trinidad}}

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|2

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|

|

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align=left|Cathay Pacific

|{{flagicon|Hong Kong}}

|4

|18

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|3

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|align=left|A340-200 sold to Philippine Airlines
A340-600 sold to Hainan Airlines

align=left|China Airlines

|{{flagicon|Taiwan}}

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|7

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align=left|China Eastern Airlines

|{{flagicon|China}}

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|5

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|5

|

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align=left|China Southwest Airlines

|{{flagicon|China}}

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|3

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|

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|align=left|Merged with Air China in 2002

align=left|Conviasa

|{{flagicon|Venezuela}}

|2

|1

|

|3

|{{yes|6}}

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align=left|Corsair International

|{{flagicon|France}}

|

|1

|

|

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|align=left|Leased from Hi Fly

align=left|Edelweiss Air

|{{flagicon|Switzerland}}

|

|5

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|

|{{yes|5}}

|align=left|To be replaced with Airbus A350-900 by 2025.{{cite press release|title=Edelweiss modernises its long-haul fleet with the Airbus A350-900|url=https://www.flyedelweiss.com/ch/en/media/press-releases/2023-09-18-a350.html|website=Edelweiss Air|access-date=18 September 2023}}

align=left|EgyptAir

|{{flagicon|Egypt}}

|3

|1

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|align=left|A340-300 leased from Gulf Air

align=left|Emirates

|{{flagicon|UAE}}

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|8

|10

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|align=left|Launch customer of A340-500

align=left|Etihad Airways

|{{flagicon|UAE}}

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|1

|4

|7

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|align=left|A340-300 sold to Hi Fly
A340-600 sold to European Aviation

align=left|Eurowings

|{{flagicon|Germany}}

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|2

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|

|

|align=left|Operated by Brussels Airlines

align=left|Government, Corporate, Private and undisclosed

|

|5

|33

|7

|24

|{{yes|69}}

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align=left|Finnair

|{{flagicon|Finland}}

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|7

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align=left|Garuda Indonesia

|{{flagicon|Indonesia}}

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|3

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|

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|align=left|Leased from China Southwest Airlines

align=left|Gulf Air

|{{flagicon|Bahrain}}

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|10

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|

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align=left|Hainan Airlines

|{{flagicon|China}}

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|

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|3

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align=left|Hi Fly

|{{flagicon|Portugal}}

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|3

|2

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|

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align=left|Hi Fly Malta

|{{flagicon|Malta}}

|

|8

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|4

|{{yes|4}}

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align=left|Iberia

|{{flagicon|Spain}}

|

|21

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|18

|

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align=left|Iran Air

|{{flagicon|Iran}}

|1

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|

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|align=left|Leased from Conviasa

align=left|Iran Aseman Airlines

|{{flagicon|Iran}}

|

|1

|

|

|{{yes|1}}

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align=left|Jet Airways

|{{flagicon|India}}

|

|3

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|

|

|align=left|Leased from South African Airways

align=left|Joon

|{{flagicon|France}}

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|4

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|align=left|Reintegrated into Air France in 2019

align=left|Kam Air

|{{flagicon|Afghanistan}}

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|6

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|

|{{yes|4}}

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align=left|Kuwait Airways

|{{flagicon|Kuwait}}

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|4

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align=left|LAN Airlines

|{{flagicon|Chile}}

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|5

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align=left|Legend Airlines

|{{flagicon|Romania}}

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|3

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|{{yes|3}}

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align=left|Lufthansa

|{{flagicon|Germany}}

|8

|30

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|24

|{{yes|24}}

|align=left|Launch customer of the A340 alongside Air France[https://www.aero.de/news-25293/Airbus-A340-ist-seit-25-Jahren-fluegge.html aero.de] (German) 25 October 2016
A340-300 to be replaced by Boeing 787-9[https://www.aerotelegraph.com/airbus-a340-300-ist-lufthansas-787-notloesung aerotelegraph.com - "Airbus A340-300 is Lufthansa's 787 backup solution"] (German) 4 November 2022
Five A340-600 returned from long-term storage, later to be replaced by Boeing 777X

align=left|Mahan Air

|{{flagicon|Iran}}

|1

|8

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|8

|{{yes|14}}

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align=left|Maleth-Aero

|{{flagicon|Malta}}

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|

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|4

|{{yes|1}}

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align=left|Mandarin Airlines

|{{flagicon|Taiwan}}

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|1

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align=left|Olympic Airlines

|{{flagicon|Greece}}

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|4

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|align=left|Ceased operations in 2009

align=left|Philippine Airlines

|{{flagicon|Philippines}}

|4

|13

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|

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align=left|Plus Ultra Líneas Aéreas

|{{flagicon|Spain}}

|

|4

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|2

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|align=left|Retired in 2025.{{cite web|url=https://www.ch-aviation.com/portal/news/130072-spains-plus-ultra-to-end-a340-ops-in-2025-ceo|title=Spain's Plus Ultra to end A340 ops in 2025 - CEO|website=Ch-aviation.com|author=|access-date=July 26, 2023}}

align=left|Qatar Airways

|{{flagicon|Qatar}}

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|

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|4

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align=left|Royal Brunei Airlines

|{{flagicon|Brunei}}

|1

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align=left|Royal Jordanian

|{{flagicon|Jordan}}

|4

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align=left|Sabena

|{{flagicon|Belgium}}

|2

|3

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|align=left|Ceased operations in 2001

align=left|Safi Airways

|{{flagicon|Afghanistan}}

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|1

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align=left|Saudia

|{{flagicon|Saudi Arabia}}

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|4

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|align=left|Leased from Hi Fly, AirAsia X and Kuwait Airways

align=left|Scandinavian Airlines

|{{flagicon|Sweden}}

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|8

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align=left|Singapore Airlines

|{{flagicon|Singapore}}

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|17

|5

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align=left|South African Airways

|{{flagicon|South Africa}}

|6

|8

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|9

|{{yes|1}}

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align=left|SpiceXpress

|{{flagicon|India}}

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|1

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|

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|align=left|Leased from Hi Fly Malta

align=left|SriLankan Airlines

|{{flagicon|Sri Lanka}}

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|7

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|

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align=left|Surinam Airways

|{{flagicon|Suriname}}

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|3

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align=left|Swiss International Air Lines

|{{flagicon|Switzerland}}

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|15

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|{{yes|4}}

|align=left|To be replaced with Airbus A350-900 by 2025.[https://www.aerotelegraph.com/swiss-bekommt-im-jahr-2025-airbus-a350-lufthansa-tochter aerotelegraph.com] (German) 12 December 2022

align=left|Syrian Air

|{{flagicon|Syria|revolution}}

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|2

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|{{yes|2}}

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align=left|TAM Linhas Aéreas

|{{flagicon|Brazil}}

|

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|2

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|align=left|Leased from Air Canada

align=left|TAP Air Portugal

|{{flagicon|Portugal}}

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|4

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|

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align=left|Thai Airways International

|{{flagicon|Thailand}}

|

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|4

|6

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align=left|Turkish Airlines

|{{flagicon|Turkey}}

|

|9

|

|

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|align=left|Includes one aircraft nicknamed Deli Mike

align=left|Virgin Atlantic

|{{flagicon|UK}}

|

|10

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|19

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|align=left|Launch customer of A340-600

align=left|Virgin Nigeria

|{{flagicon|Nigeria}}

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|2

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|align=left|Leased from Virgin Atlantic

align=left|XL Airways France

|{{flagicon|France}}

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|1

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|

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|align=left|Leased from Hi Fly

Orders and deliveries

The following is a list of orders and deliveries for the Airbus A340 by variant.

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rowspan="2" style="background-color:#ccddff"|Customer

!colspan="5" style="background-color:#ccddff"|Orders

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!style="background-color:#ccddff"|A340-200

!style="background-color:#ccddff"|A340-300

!style="background-color:#ccddff"|A340-500

!style="background-color:#ccddff"|A340-600

!style="background-color:#ccddff"|Total

align='left'|Air Canada8210
align='left'|Air China33
align='left'|Air France31114
align='left'|Air Mauritius55
align='left'|Air Tahiti Nui44
align='left'|AJW Capital Partners22
align='left'|Arik Air22
align='left'|Austrian Airlines224
align='left'|Cathay Pacific15318
align='left'|China Airlines66
align='left'|China Eastern Airlines5510
align='left'|China Southwest Airlines33
align='left'|EgyptAir33
align='left'|Emirates1010
align='left'|Etihad Airways4711
align='left'|Finnair44
align='left'|Flightlease22
align='left'|Governments; Executive and Private615214
align='left'|Gulf Air66
align='left'|Iberia181634
align='left'|International Lease Finance Corporation161329
align='left'|Kuwait Airways44
align='left'|LAN-Chile44
align='left'|Lufthansa7282459
align='left'|Olympic Airlines44
align='left'|Philippine Airlines448
align='left'|Qatar Airways44
align='left'|Sabena325
align='left'|Scandinavian Airlines77
align='left'|Singapore Airlines17522
align='left'|South African Airways6612
align='left'|SriLankan Airlines33
align='left'|Swiss International Air Lines99
align='left'|TAP Air Portugal44
align='left'|Thai Airways4610
align='left'|Turkish Airlines77
align='left'|Union de Transports Aériens{{refn|All aircraft delivered to Air France.|group=note}}77
align='left'|Virgin Atlantic71421
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|Totals

282183497377

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See also

References

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