The release from ToLiSS of the A340-600, also breaks new ground for the developer. The -600 also has a larger wing area 439.4m², to accommodate larger fuel tanks. The A340-600 was stretched by 20–22 frames over the -300 to 75 m (246 ft) in length, making -600 at the time the longest Airbus built until the A380 a decade later, Internal layouts are in a 3-4 class arrangement of 320–370 seats, and the aircraft is powered by Three-shaft High Bypass Turbofan Rolls-Royce Trent 556s engines at 55,780–61,902 lbf thrust output, it is a derated engine, because there are four of them, and for efficiency and the reduced fuel consumption. The A340 was the right aircraft at the right time, but the world itself changed around it, to defeat it. Thankfully there are still 60 A340-600s in service with six airlines worldwide, but the numbers are dwindling away fast. it survives servicing currently only on the ultra long routes around the world, as the airlines are slowly reducing it's serviceable numbers, the Covid19 interaction didn't help the cause either. overall it was the Boeing 777, with it's capacity, better efficiency and the lesser ETOPS restrictions that has ultimately slowed the A340 orders and finally removed the aircraft from services.

The Airbus A340, along with it's Twin-Engined sister design A330 was built to compete with the Boeing 777 in the 1990s, in reality the A330 is only used as a long-medium range aircraft (13,450 km / 7,250 nmi), along with the Boeing 777 (13,649 km/ 7,370 nmi ), were as the four-engined A340 can do a extremely long-range (16,670 km / 9,000 nmi) in -500 guise, the -600 version produced here by ToLiSS swaps range for payload, but can still do a significant 14,450 km / 7,800 nmi range, so you would expect the aircraft to be extremely popular on long distance hub to hub routes.īut fate and the growing environmental concerns have reduced the demand for aircraft in this A380, B747, A340 capacity. In the background however was a far more ambitious project and certainly the largest Airbus yet from ToLiSS, the. Then both aircraft came with NEO (New Engine Option) upgrades. First release was the Airbus A319-122, then the larger A321-123. Aircraft Review : Airbus A340-600 by ToLiSSĪny new aircraft release from ToLiSS is always a reason to celebrate, in a short period of years the developer has entrenched themselves into delivering extremely high quality Airbus aircraft and their systems.

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