Jet Airways Airbus A340
It was also the last medium sized quad jet to be built.
Jet airways airbus a340. Flight miniatures jet airways airbus a340 300 1200 scale display model wstand 3475 34. The sale went through much to airbus disapproval. For a very brief period indias jet airways operated the beautiful 4 engine airbus a340 300 aircraft on many of their long haul routes. Once thought of as being airbuss most beautiful jet the slender four engine a340 debuted in 1993 and was at the time airbuss biggest aircraft.
7 of 140 7 of 140 sponsor message sponsor message aircraft jet airways airbus a340 313. Aviation photo 1205256 airbus a340 313 jet airways medium large tweet. Its passing ushered in the age of twin jet aircraft like the a350 and boeing 777. The a340 was a useful aircraft and airbus first attempt at taking on the market of the boeing 747.
In june 1999 on the last day of the paris air show the deal which had been kept a secret for about four years was finally unveiled. Business class has 30 seats. The a340 has a vast capacity for cargo. This is pretty standard for these aircraft.
The airbus a340 is a long range wide body commercial passenger jet airliner that was developed and produced by the european aerospace company airbusin the mid 1970s airbus conceived several derivatives of the a300 its first airliner and developed the a340 quadjet in parallel with the a330 twinjet. Earlier this week we wrote about how boeing had purchased 17 airbus a340 300s from singapore airlines as part of a deal to sell the carrier 34 boeing 777s. I have had the pleasure of flying on the airbus a340 200 with royal jordanian and the a340 300 with lan. Assembled in toulouse france the a340 could carry 375 passengers in its standard format and as many as 440 in the larger 600 series model.
In june 1987 airbus launched both designs with their first orders and the a340 300 took its. The jet airways airbus a340 300 features seats in a 2 cabin configuration. This photo is copyright protected and may not be used in any way without proper permission. Other airlines have five or less making the jet hard to find nowadays.
It will join spicejets fleet of eight dedicated freighters consisting of three bombardier q 400s and five boeing 737s. Legroom wise the economy pitch of 0cm is average the business class pitch of 0cm is average though of course what that means for you depends on how tall you are. Since it is essentially a four engine version of an a330 the experience is pretty indistinguishable when flying. This video shot in jan 2007 gives you a glimpse of the.