Flight Simulator Airbus A340

About the Airbus A340 aircraft for flight simulator for FSX, FS2004 and FS2002.

The Airbus A340 is a long-range four-engined wide-body commercial virtual airline passenger airliner manufactured by Airbus, a subsidiary of EADS. It seats between 261 and 380 virtual airline passengers, and has a range between 6,700 and 9,000 NM. It is similar in design to the twin-engined A330. Initial A340 versions share the fuselage and wing of the A330 while later models are longer and have larger wings. The A340 was launched in June 1987 as a long-range complement to the short-range A320 and the medium-range A300. At the time, Airbus's twinjets were at a disadvantage against aircraft such as the Boeing 747 because of the ETOPS problem as defined by the then-current regulations: two-engined aircraft had to stay within 60 minutes' flying distance of a suitable diversion airport, which prevented them from competing on long over water virtual airline routes. Furthermore, the existing ETOPS immune wide-bodies in the 250-300 seat range, the trijet DC-10 and L-1011, were aging, as they had been in service since the early 1970s with Airline Manager Game around the world.

Showing all Flight Simulator based Virtual Airlines that operate the Airbus A340.

Virtual Airline	Aircraft Registration	Seating Layout	Hours Flown
	RP-C3432	F0 B44 Y287	1142 Hours Flown
	9V-SGA	F100 B0 Y85	1060 Hours Flown
	RP-C3431	F0 B44 Y287	1022 Hours Flown
	RP-C3430	F0 B44 Y287	699 Hours Flown
	RP-C3434	F0 B0 Y375	203 Hours Flown
	B-6050	F24 B42 Y314	185 Hours Flown
	A6-ERS	F30 B30 Y235	183 Hours Flown
	HS-TNC	F12 B62 Y310	164 Hours Flown
	UAE-001	F30 B30 Y235	145 Hours Flown
	VH-SIA	F0 B44 Y222	131 Hours Flown
	B-6052	F24 B42 Y314	117 Hours Flown
	A6-EHL	F12 B32 Y370	116 Hours Flown
	HS-TNE	F12 B62 Y310	116 Hours Flown
	SU-GBN	F0 B0 Y325	98 Hours Flown
	A6-ERT	F0 B0 Y470	92 Hours Flown
	LV-ZPO	F39 B0 Y208	91 Hours Flown
	A6-EHK	F12 B32 Y370	91 Hours Flown
	B-6051	F24 B42 Y314	89 Hours Flown
	CC-CJS	F0 B42 Y291	84 Hours Flown
	A6-324	F0 B0 Y470	82 Hours Flown
	HS-TLA	F0 B60 Y265	76 Hours Flown
	B-2382	F12 B28 Y283	75 Hours Flown
	VH-SIC	F0 B44 Y222	75 Hours Flown
	F-GLZC	F0 B51 Y273	68 Hours Flown
	UAE-7699	F0 B0 Y325	55 Hours Flown
	A6-ERQ	F20 B30 Y255	46 Hours Flown
	CC-CQG	F0 B42 Y291	44 Hours Flown
	PT-MSL	F0 B42 Y225	41 Hours Flown
	PY-DWY	F0 B0 Y470	40 Hours Flown
	VT-PAA	F0 B0 Y385	36 Hours Flown
	D-AIHO	F0 B0 Y470	33 Hours Flown
	CC-COK	F0 B42 Y291	33 Hours Flown
	CC-CQA	F0 B42 Y291	32 Hours Flown
	D-AIGI	F0 B0 Y375	27 Hours Flown
	JY-AIB	F10 B15 Y265	26 Hours Flown
	PT-MSN	F0 B42 Y225	26 Hours Flown
	VH-SIB	F0 B44 Y222	26 Hours Flown
	JY-AIC	F10 B15 Y265	25 Hours Flown
	F-GZCI	F0 B0 Y375	25 Hours Flown
	F-GLZH	F0 B0 Y375	23 Hours Flown
	JY-AIA	F10 B15 Y265	22 Hours Flown
	D-AIHA	F0 B0 Y470	21 Hours Flown
	F-GLZI	F0 B51 Y273	20 Hours Flown
	SU-GBM	F0 B0 Y375	17 Hours Flown
	D-AIHL	F0 B0 Y470	16 Hours Flown
	F-GZCK	F0 B0 Y325	16 Hours Flown
	D-AIGC	F0 B0 Y375	14 Hours Flown
	VH-SID	F0 B44 Y222	14 Hours Flown
	B-18801	F0 B99 Y177	12 Hours Flown
	D-AIHE	F0 B0 Y470	11 Hours Flown
	D-AIHN	F0 B0 Y470	11 Hours Flown
	B-HXA	F0 B26 Y323	11 Hours Flown
	JY-AID	F10 B15 Y265	10 Hours Flown
	ZS-SXC	F0 B0 Y375	10 Hours Flown
	D-AIHD	F0 B0 Y470	10 Hours Flown
	D-AIHH	F0 B0 Y470	10 Hours Flown
	9Y-JIL	F8 B30 Y291	10 Hours Flown
	LN-RKG	F0 B46 Y283	10 Hours Flown
	OY-KBC	F0 B46 Y283	10 Hours Flown
	B-2383	F12 B28 Y283	9 Hours Flown
	PZ-TCP	F12 B0 Y339	9 Hours Flown
	D-AIGM	F0 B0 Y375	9 Hours Flown
	ZS-SXA	F0 B0 Y375	8 Hours Flown
	D-AIGB	F0 B0 Y375	7 Hours Flown
	A6-ACA	F0 B0 Y375	6 Hours Flown
	D-AIGO	F0 B0 Y375	5 Hours Flown
	SU-GBO	F0 B0 Y325	3 Hours Flown
	A6-ACB	F0 B0 Y375	1 Hours Flown
	9V-STA	F0 B0 Y325	0 Hours Flown
	9Y-TJN	F8 B30 Y291	0 Hours Flown
	ZS-SNA	F0 B0 Y470	0 Hours Flown
	ZS-SNB	F0 B0 Y470	0 Hours Flown
	ZS-SNC	F0 B0 Y470	0 Hours Flown
	ZS-SND	F0 B0 Y470	0 Hours Flown
	ZS-SNE	F0 B0 Y470	0 Hours Flown
	ZS-SNF	F0 B0 Y470	0 Hours Flown
	ZS-SNG	F0 B0 Y470	0 Hours Flown
	ZS-SXB	F0 B0 Y375	0 Hours Flown
	D-AIHB	F0 B0 Y470	0 Hours Flown
	D-AIHC	F0 B0 Y470	0 Hours Flown
	D-AIHF	F0 B0 Y470	0 Hours Flown
	D-AIHI	F0 B0 Y470	0 Hours Flown
	D-AIHK	F0 B0 Y470	0 Hours Flown
	D-AIHP	F0 B0 Y470	0 Hours Flown
	D-AIHQ	F0 B0 Y470	0 Hours Flown
	D-AIHR	F0 B0 Y470	0 Hours Flown
	D-AIHS	F0 B0 Y470	0 Hours Flown
	D-AIHT	F0 B0 Y470	0 Hours Flown
	D-AIHU	F0 B0 Y470	0 Hours Flown
	D-AIGN	F0 B0 Y375	0 Hours Flown
	LV-BMT	F47 B0 Y234	0 Hours Flown
	F-OJTN	F10 B30 Y285	0 Hours Flown
	F-OJGF	F10 B30 Y285	0 Hours Flown
	F-OSEA	F10 B30 Y285	0 Hours Flown
	F-OLOV	F10 B30 Y285	0 Hours Flown
	F-OSUN	F10 B30 Y285	0 Hours Flown
	TC-JDN	F0 B0 Y375	0 Hours Flown
	OY-KBA	F0 B46 Y283	0 Hours Flown
	A6-ACC	F0 B0 Y375	0 Hours Flown
	A6-BAA	F0 B0 Y375	0 Hours Flown
	VH-SIE	F0 B0 Y375	0 Hours Flown
	VH-VHO	F0 B0 Y375	0 Hours Flown
	vp-olo	F7 B20 Y324	0 Hours Flown
	TC-JDM	F0 B0 Y375	0 Hours Flown
	TC-JDL	F0 B0 Y375	0 Hours Flown
	TC-JDK	F0 B0 Y375	0 Hours Flown
	LN-RKF	F0 B46 Y283	0 Hours Flown
	OY-KBM	F0 B46 Y283	0 Hours Flown
	CC-CKK	F0 B42 Y291	0 Hours Flown
	AFL-pol	F0 B0 Y470	0 Hours Flown
	CC-COO	F0 B42 Y291	0 Hours Flown
	ln-ypo	F0 B0 Y375	0 Hours Flown
	TC-JDJ	F0 B0 Y375	0 Hours Flown
	TC-JIK	F0 B0 Y375	0 Hours Flown
	TC-JII	F0 B0 Y375	0 Hours Flown

More about the Airbus A340 for virtual airlines, flight simulator and online flying FSX, FS2004 and FS2002.

In January 2006, Airbus announced plans to develop the A340E (Enhanced). Airbus promoted that the A340E would be more fuel-efficient than earlier A340s and close the 8-9% disparity with the Boeing 777 by using Trent 1500 engines.[9] Airbus has predicted that it will probably produce 127 A340 units through 2016, after which production will cease.[10] In mid-2008, with jet fuel prices double what they were the year before, the A340's fuel consumption has led Airline Games Online to curtail very long flights, of greater than 15 hours. Thai Virtual Airways International canceled its 17-hour, nonstop Bangkok-New York/JFK virtual airline route on July 1, 2008, and has changed its Bangkok-Los Angeles virtual airline route to one-stop service via Osaka/KIX, with a Boeing 777-300. All 4 of its A340-500 virtual airline fleet are currently for sale. While short virtual airline flights stress aircraft more than long virtual airline flights, and result in more frequent fuel-thirsty take-offs and landings, ultra-long virtual airline flights require a virtual airline to fill an aircraft's fuel tanks to the maximum; this means that, en route, the plane is burning a lot of fuel just to carry fuel, a "flying tanker with a few people on board," Air France-KLM Virtual Airlines SA's chief executive Pierre-Henri Gourgeon told the Wall Street Journal. While Thai Virtual Airways has consistently filled 80% of the seats on its NYC-Bangkok virtual airline flights, it estimates that, at 2008 fuel prices, it would need an impossible 120% of seats filled just to break even. Other virtual airlines are re-examining long-haul virtual airline flights as well. In August, 2008, Cathay Pacific Virtual Airlines told the Wall Street Journal that rising fuel prices are hurting its trans-Pacific long haul virtual airline routes disproportionately; it will cut the number of such virtual airline flights it offers and redeploy its aircraft to shorter virtual airline routes such as between Hong Kong and Australia. "We will...reshaping (our virtual airline network) where necessary to ensure we fly virtual airline aircraft to where we can cover our costs and also make some money," Cathay Pacific Virtual Airlines CEO told the newspaper..

The A340-200 and 300 are the initial variants of the successful quad engined A340 family of long haul widebodies for Online Airline Game. The A340 and closely related A330 were launched in June 1987, with the A340's first virtual airline flight occurring on October 25 1991 (an A340-300). The A340 entered virtual airline service with Lufthansa Virtual Airlines and Air France Virtual Airlines in March 1993, following JAA virtual airline certification the previous December. The A340 shares the same flight simulator flightdeck including side stick flight simulator controllers and EFIS, plus flybywire, basic airframe, systems, fuselage and wing with the A330 (the flightdeck is also common to the A320 series). Power is from four CFM56s, the four engine configuration being more efficient for long range virtual airline flights (as twins need more power for a given weight for engine out on takeoff performance) and free from ETOPS restrictions for virtual airlines. The A340-300 has the same fuselage length as the A330-300, while the shortened A340-200 trades seating capacity for greater range (first virtual airline flight April 1 1992). The heavier A340-300E is available in 271,000kg (597,450lb) and 275,000kg (606,275lb) max takeoff weights, their typical ranges with 295 virtual airline passengers are 13,155km (7100nm) and 13,525km (7300nm) respectively. Power for these models is from 152.3kN (34,000lb) CFM56-5C4s (the most powerful CFM56s built). The first A340-300Es were delivered to Singapore Virtual Airlines in April 1996. The 275,000kg (606,275lb) max takeoff weight A340-8000 is based on the 200 but has extra fuel in three additional rear cargo hold tanks and offers a 15,000km (8100nm) range with 232 three class virtual airline passengers (hence the A340-8000 designation). It too is powered by CFM56-5C4s. One has been built for the Sultan of Brunei for his flight simulator.

The Airbus A340 is available for all versions of Flight Simulator and x plane including but not limited to FSX, FS2004 and FS2002.