The A340 shares the same flight deck including side stick controllers and EFIS, plus fly-by-wire, basic airframe, systems, fuselage and wing with the A330 (the flight deck is also common to the A320 series). Benefiting from the latest innovations introduced on the A340-500 and A340-600, the A340-300 now also features an enhanced new interior styling with new LED lighting and LCD screens in the cockpit.
The new CFM-56-5C/P engine gives the A340-300 Enhanced improved fuel efficiency and lower engine maintenance costs.
The A340-300 flies 295 passengers in a typical three-class cabin layout over 13.700 km range.
| Developing nation: | Europe |
| Manufacturer/designer: | EADS – Airbus Industries. |
| Production line: | Toulouse – Blagnac, France. |
| Type aircraft: | Long range wide body airliner. |
| First flight: | October 25, 1991 F-WWAI c/n.001. |
| First delivery: | March 1993 to Lufthansa and Air France. |
| Airbus A340-300 | |
| Cockpit crew: | Two pilots. |
| Passengers two class: | – 30 business class. – 305 economy class. |
| Passengers three class: | – 12 first class. – 42 business class. – 241 economy class. |
| Cabin length: | 50,35 m. |
| Cabin diameter: | 5,28 m. |
| Cabin height: | 2,54 m. |
| Cargo volume: | Total load 162,8 m³. |
| LD3 Containers in belly: | 32. |
| Standard 2.24m x 3.17m pallets: | in belly 11. |
| Wing span: | 60,30 m. |
| Wing area: | 361,6 m². |
| Wing sweep: | 30 degrees. |
| Fuselage length: | 63,60 m. |
| Fuselage diameter: | 5,64 m. |
| Height: | 16,7 m. |
| Wheelbase: | 25,60 m. |
| Track: | 10,69 m. |
| Engines: | – Four CFM International CFM56-5C2 rated 138.78 kN. – Four CFM International CFM56-5C3 rated 144.57 kN. – Four CFM International CFM56-5C4 rated 151.25 kN. – Four CFM International CFM56-5C4P rated 149.9 kN. |
| Weight: | – Empty: 129.275 Kg. – Max. zero-fuel weight: 181.000 Kg. – Fuel: 140.640 liter. – Max. payload: 43.500 Kg. |
| Max. take off weight: | 276.500 Kg. |
| Max. landing weight: | 192.000 Kg. |
| Cruise speed: | 861 km/h. |
| Max. speed: | 915 km/h. |
| Service ceiling: | 11.887 m. |
| Max. range: | 13.700 km. |
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