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%).

Some of the longest passenger planes in the world are real giants. Right now, the longest plane is the Boeing 747-8 at 250 ft ...

As SWISS prepares to receive its first A350 this summer, pictures have emerged from the Airbus factory in Toulouse showcasing ...

After a horrific Delta Air Lines crash saw all passengers survive, we remember a similar miraculous incident in August 2, ...

One child and two adults are critically injured after a Delta Airlines plane flying from Minneapolis–Saint Paul International Airport flipped upon landing at Toronto Pearson International Airport on ...

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“The enclosed suite was our idea right back in the ‘90s when we put it on the A340-500 (in first class ... embark on an extensive and costly upgrade of its current Boeing 777-300 and Airbus A380 fleet ...

Hundreds of millions of dollars’ worth of aircraft, including several private jets and a massive charter airliner, have ...

A Delta Air Lines plane flying from Minneapolis –Saint Paul International Airport made a dramatic crash-landing as it flipped ...