Airbus A340
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The Airbus A340 is a long-range, wide-body passenger airliner that was developed and produced by Airbus.
An Airbus A340-300 operated by Lufthansa, one of the two launch customers of the aircraft family, as well as its largest operator
Compared to the A340 quadjet (flying), the lighter A330 (on ground) has two engines and no centre-line wheel bogie.
The A330/A340 shares a common flight deck with the A320.
An A340-200 demonstrator at the 1992 Farnborough Air Show
Airbus A300
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The Airbus A300 is Airbus' first production aircraft and the world's first twin-engine, wide-body airliner. It was developed by Airbus Industrie GIE, now merged into Airbus, and manufactured from 1971
Airbus A340
…is a long-range, wide-body passenger airliner that was developed and produced by Airbus. In the mid-1970s, Airbus conceived several derivatives of the A300, its first airliner, and developed the A340 quadjet in parallel with the A330 twinjet. In June 1987, Airbus launched both designs with their first…
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Technical director Roger Béteille (from behind) discussing with general manager Henri Ziegler beside the CF6 turbofan, which powered the A300 first flight
The 5.64 m (222 in) diameter circular fuselage section for 8-abreast seating and 2 LD3 containers below. This is part of the first A300 prototype, F-OCAZ, on display at Deutsches Museum in Munich.
An A300 in vintage Airbus livery, it was rolled out on 28 September 1972