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Airbus A340-300 (A340-311)

A340-51Scrapped

Verified aircraft dataagainst the official civil aviation register

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Airbus A340-300 (A340-311) built in 1994. Operated for Air France, SABENA, Lufthansa and Air Namibia. Scrapped.

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Young · 11 years · ≈ 41,800 flight hours (approx.)

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Technical data

ManufacturerAirbus

First flight1994

MSN51

VerificationIdentity verified against the official register of FPS Mobility Belgium (Belgium) · Oct 12, 2026

The model · Airbus A340

Figures for the A340-300 variant, the most representative of the family · it is 61% the length of a football pitch

Length63.7 m209 ft

Wingspan60.3 m198 ft

Height16.9 m55 ft

Range13,705 km7,400 NMWith a typical passenger load

Cruise speed871 km/h470 ktMach 0.82

Service ceiling12,634 m41,450 ftIt flies above Everest (1.4 times its height)

Maximum take-off weight276,500 kg609,577 lb

Maximum payload146,300 kg322,536 lbIts 295 passengers with baggage would weigh about 29.5 t; the rest is fuel and cargo

Typical capacity295 passengersUp to 440 in a high-density layout

Endurance15 h 44 minAt cruise speed, non-stop

With its 13,705 km range, from Zaventem it could fly non-stop as far as:

SCLSantiago11,904 km EZEBuenos Aires (Ezeiza)11,344 kmSINSingapore10,555 km LIMLima10,464 km GRUSão Paulo9,651 km

Beyond its rangeSYDSydney (Mascot)16,738 km

The type first flew in 1991 (35 years ago) · About 380 units built · Production ended in 2011

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Airports

Airports of the airlines that have operated it

1997–2003SABENA airline base

Base

BRUZaventem

2003–2005Lufthansa network of its widebody aircraft

Base

FRAFrankfurt am Main

Main destinations

MUCMunich BRUZaventem LHRLondon EWRNewark YYZToronto YULMontréal IADDulles ORDChicago CDGParis (Roissy-en-France, Val-d'Oise)AMSAmsterdam BKKBangkok

since 2005Air Namibia network of its widebody aircraft

Base

FRAFrankfurt am Main WDHWindhoek

Flight logbook

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Aircraft chronology

1994

Built

Assembled by Airbus.

Mar 18, 1994

Delivered to Airbus Industrie

Delivered to Airbus Industrie as F-GNIE.

Apr 27, 1994

Transferred to Air France

Transferred to Air France.

Apr 15, 1997

Transferred to SABENA

Transferred to SABENA.

Feb 28, 2003

Transferred to Lufthansa

Transferred to Lufthansa.

Nov 20, 2005

Transferred to Air Namibia

Transferred to Air Namibia.

Operators

1994-03-18

Airbus Industrie

Registration F-GNIE · Lessor: Toulouse

1994-04-27

Air France

Registration F-GNIE · Lessor: AIFS

1997-04-15

SABENA

Registration OO-SCZ

2003-02-28

Lufthansa

Registration D-AIMG

2005-11-20

Air Namibia

Registration V5-NME · Lessor: BCI Aircraft Leasing

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