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Airbus A340-300 (A340-313)

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Registration16+01

GEOperatorGerman Air Force

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Airbus A340-300 (A340-313) in Toulouse. Has operated for Lufthansa and Luftwaffe.

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Technical data

ManufacturerAirbus

Engines4×

PropulsionJet

Built inToulouse, Francia

OwnerGerman Air Force

MSN274

Hex / ICAO 24-bit3eb1a6

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

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Airports

Airports of the airlines that have operated it

1999–2011Lufthansa 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

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Aircraft chronology

Apr 28, 1999

Delivered to Airbus Industrie

Delivered to Airbus Industrie as F-WWJI.

May 18, 1999

Transferred to Lufthansa

Transferred to Lufthansa.

Mar 30, 2011

Transferred to Luftwaffe

Transferred to Luftwaffe.

Operators

1999-04-28

Airbus Industrie

Registration F-WWJI · Lessor: Toulouse

1999-05-18

Lufthansa

Registration D-AIGR

2011-03-30

Luftwaffe

Registration 16+01

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