Airbus is an aeronautics company notorious for the A380 and the A350. It was founded on December 18, 1970. They came up with great ideas for aircraft, who knows what other surprises airbus will come up with in the future...
Airbus created and introduced their first quad engine jet called the Airbus A340. This aircraft was developed from the Airbus A300. The speed of the A340 is Mach 0.74 (or 912 km/h) Making this aircraft the fastest of it's time. The Airbus A340 is a three class configuration and can accommodate 277 passengers. The primary users of this aircraft are Lufthansa, Iberia, and South African Airways.
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Airbus created two other variants of the A340. These aircraft were really long. These two aircraft were the Airbus A340-500 and the Airbus A340-600. These two aircraft are also three class configuration. The A340-500 can accommodate 293 passengers but the A340-600 can accommodate 326 passengers. The A340-600 was the longest passenger aircraft before 2010 when it got beaten by the Boeing 747-8.
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The length of the A340-600 is 75.36 meters.
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The length of the Boeing 747-8 is 76.3 Meters. This is a 94 centimeter difference. The Boeing 747-8 is now the longest passenger jet as it beat another aircraft by Airbus which will come up later in this book.
Fun Fact: Though the A340-600 had 3-5 Hull losses it has never had a fatal incident in the history of it's lifespan.
