The Airbus A340 is one of the last airliners equipped with four engines to still cruise the skies. The reason why it and its brethren like the Boeing 747 and A380 are going out of style is simple ...

Swiss International Air Lines has no short or medium-term plans to acquire replacements for its Airbus A340 fleet as the carrier instead plans to focus on retrofitting all 15 of its A340-300s with a ...

Despite being outdated and less efficient, Lufthansa is still relying on its fleet of A340s. Find out why and where these ...

Swiss International Air Lines will fly its first Airbus A340-300, which was delivered last evening, from the manufacturer’s delivery centre in Toulouse to its main base in Zurich, Switzerland, today.

SWISS adds its 15th Airbus A340 to its long-haul fleet this month. The aircraft, which bears the registration HB-JMN, took off for Johannesburg for its inaugural flight. The entry-into-service of this ...

Swiss has completed a cabin refurbishment programme on its five remaining Airbus A340s, to bring their interiors in line with the Lufthansa subsidiary’s Boeing 777 long-haul fleet. The A340-300s were ...

Dubai, United Arab Emirates, 15 December, 2008 -Swiss International Air Lines (SWISS), the national carrier of Switzerland, announced it will begin flying passengers from Dubai on board the new Airbus ...

Swiss International Air Lines (SWISS) subsidiary Edelweiss Air has taken delivery of the first of four former SWISS Airbus A340-300s. The aircraft will undergo cabin-reconfiguration through SR ...

The first Swiss Airbus A340 with a completely refurbished interior in all three seating cabins took off from Zurich earlier on its first revenue flight. The aircraft, HB-JMH, departed on flight LX160 ...

Lufthansa Group subsidiary Swiss International Air Lines (SWISS) has ordered a tenth Boeing 777-300ER, to be delivered in 2018, the carrier announced Oct. 7. The aircraft will be used to replace some ...

One of SWISS’s Airbus A340 long-haul aircraft is now carrying the name “Schaffhausen” all over the world. The aircraft was formally named today by Marcel Wenger, the present Mayor of the city in ...