First launched commercially in June 1987, the Airbus A340-300, the first model to take to the skies, performed its first test flight on October 25th, 1991. The first two variants to enter service, the ...

Iran's Mahan Air is next (25%, whose fleet still includes one A340-200, alongside the -300 and -600). Afghanistan's Kam Air is joint third with SWISS (8%), followed by South African Airways (2%).

Lufthansa Aviation Training (LAT) is putting a state-of-the-art full flight simulator (FFS) and the latest cabin training ...

SWISS is to commence the training of cockpit crew members to fly the new Airbus A350 at the beginning of February. The training will utilize the new A350 full-flight simulator which was recently ...

Qantas has said that its Airbus A380 flights between Sydney, Australia, and Johannesburg, South Africa, have been forcibly delayed because information about rocket debris and re-entries from ...

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The aircraft not available, according to a document made available to our correspondent, included 5N-MJA, B737-300 (abandoned in ... in Lagos); CS-TFW, A340-500 (extensively cannibalized in ...

SWISS will begin training its first pilots for the new Airbus A350 in February, marking a key step in integrating the ...

These flights are operated five times weekly by Airbus A340-300 aircraft and follow a similar flight path to that flown by the Qantas Sydney to Johannesburg operation. So far, SpaceX has not issued ...

They include 5N-MJA, B737-300 (Abandoned in Norwich ... HS800XP (Unserviceable in Lagos); CS-TFW, A340-500 (Extensively cannibalized in Lagos) and CS-TFX, A340-500 (Seized and operated by HiFly in ...

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