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Airbus A340-600 (A340-642)

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Airbus A340-600 (A340-642) built in 2007. Operated for Lufthansa. Scrapped.

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Technical data

ManufacturerAirbus

First flight2007

MSN790

VerificationPending check against the official civil register

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 Frankfurt am Main it could fly non-stop as far as:

SCLSantiago12,100 km EZEBuenos Aires (Ezeiza)11,501 kmLIMLima10,724 km SINSingapore10,280 km GRUSão Paulo9,796 km

Beyond its rangeSYDSydney (Mascot)16,498 km

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

Figures for the type, not for this particular aircraft: each variant and each configuration changes something. They are shown in both systems used in aviation.

The full story of the Airbus A340 Compare this aircraft

Airports

Airports of the airlines that have operated it

since 2007Lufthansa 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

Flight logbook

Under research

Aircraft chronology

2007

Built

Assembled by Airbus.

Jan 3, 2007

Delivered to Airbus Industrie

Delivered to Airbus Industrie as F-WWCE.

Jan 26, 2007

Transferred to Lufthansa

Transferred to Lufthansa.

Operators

2007-01-03

Airbus Industrie

Registration F-WWCE · Lessor: Toulouse

2007-01-26

Lufthansa

Registration D-AIHQ

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BibTeX

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  author       = {{Vuelopedia}},
  title        = {{Airbus A340-600 (A340-642) · Tarmac Aerosave}},
  publisher    = {Fundación Poderia},
  year         = {2026},
  date         = {2026-10-15},
  url          = {https://vuelopedia.org/en/aircraft/A340-790},
  howpublished = {\url{https://vuelopedia.org/en/aircraft/A340-790}},
  urldate      = {2026-10-16},
  note         = {Accessed 2026-10-16}
}

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