Att A340 inte är så populärt är ju välkänt. Välbeskrivet i följande text i Wikipedia:
During the 2000s, sales slowed despite the introduction of the A340-500 and A340-600 and their high gross weight variants, the A340-500IGW and A340-600HGW, respectively as the Boeing 777-200LR and -300ER began to dominate the long-range, 300-400 seating sector.[44][45][46] Airbus confirmed in January 2006 that it had conducted studies into developing an A340-600E (Enhanced). Airbus projected that it would be more fuel-efficient than earlier A340s, closing the 8–9% disparity with the Boeing 777 via the use of the new Trent 1500 engine as well as technologies derived from the A350 programme.[44] In 2007, Airbus predicted that another 127 A340 aircraft would likely be produced through 2016, the projected end of production.[47]
On 10 November 2011, Airbus announced the end of the A340 program. At that time, the company indicated that all firm orders had been delivered.[48] The decision to terminate the program came as A340-500/600 orders came to a halt. The termination decision was made in the face of both external competition from the Boeing 777 and internal competition from the A330, both being twin-engine aircraft that had become increasingly capable over time of effectively performing the A340's intended routes, and thus undermined the type's prospective market.[44][45][49] Airbus has positioned the larger versions of the A350, specifically the A350-900 and A350-1000, as the successors to the A340-500 and A340-600.
As a sales incentive amid low customer demand during the Great Recession, Airbus had offered buy-back guarantees to airlines that chose to procure the A340. By 2013, the resale value of an A340 declined by 30% over ten years, both Airbus and Rolls-Royce were incurring related charges amounting to hundreds of millions of euros. Some analysts have expected the price of a flight-worthy, CFM56-powered A340 to drop below $10 million by 2023.[50] As an effort to support the A340's resale value, Airbus has proposed reconfiguring the aircraft's interior for a single class of 475 seats. As the Trent 500 engines are half the maintenance cost of the A340, Rolls-Royce proposed a cost-reducing maintenance plan similar to the company's existing program that reduced the cost of maintaining the RB211 engine powering Iberia's Boeing 757 freighters. Key to these programs is the salvaging, repair and reuse of serviceable parts from retired older engines.[51] Airbus could offer used A340s to airlines wishing to retire older aircraft such as the Boeing 747-400; claiming that the cost of purchasing and maintaining a second-hand A340 with increased seating and improved engine performance reportedly compared favourably to the procurement costs of a new Boeing 777.[52]
Men på Airbus hemsida som annars är transparent och tydlig, marknadsförs A340 som att den är ett sjävklart val, tystare än något annat plan (än A380) och oerhört effektivt och funkar på långa sträckor, Airbus längsta plan (747-8 är dock längre...)
A340 Family: A340-300, A340-500, A340-600 - A340 photos, pictures, A340 videos, A340 3D view | Airbus| Airbus, a leading aircraft manufacturer
Frågan är: Kommer någon någonsin att beställa ett A340 igen? Trodde planet var nedlagt eftersom det är flera år sen det sista levererades. Och riktigt långa flighter läggs ju ned en efter en...
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During the 2000s, sales slowed despite the introduction of the A340-500 and A340-600 and their high gross weight variants, the A340-500IGW and A340-600HGW, respectively as the Boeing 777-200LR and -300ER began to dominate the long-range, 300-400 seating sector.[44][45][46] Airbus confirmed in January 2006 that it had conducted studies into developing an A340-600E (Enhanced). Airbus projected that it would be more fuel-efficient than earlier A340s, closing the 8–9% disparity with the Boeing 777 via the use of the new Trent 1500 engine as well as technologies derived from the A350 programme.[44] In 2007, Airbus predicted that another 127 A340 aircraft would likely be produced through 2016, the projected end of production.[47]
On 10 November 2011, Airbus announced the end of the A340 program. At that time, the company indicated that all firm orders had been delivered.[48] The decision to terminate the program came as A340-500/600 orders came to a halt. The termination decision was made in the face of both external competition from the Boeing 777 and internal competition from the A330, both being twin-engine aircraft that had become increasingly capable over time of effectively performing the A340's intended routes, and thus undermined the type's prospective market.[44][45][49] Airbus has positioned the larger versions of the A350, specifically the A350-900 and A350-1000, as the successors to the A340-500 and A340-600.
As a sales incentive amid low customer demand during the Great Recession, Airbus had offered buy-back guarantees to airlines that chose to procure the A340. By 2013, the resale value of an A340 declined by 30% over ten years, both Airbus and Rolls-Royce were incurring related charges amounting to hundreds of millions of euros. Some analysts have expected the price of a flight-worthy, CFM56-powered A340 to drop below $10 million by 2023.[50] As an effort to support the A340's resale value, Airbus has proposed reconfiguring the aircraft's interior for a single class of 475 seats. As the Trent 500 engines are half the maintenance cost of the A340, Rolls-Royce proposed a cost-reducing maintenance plan similar to the company's existing program that reduced the cost of maintaining the RB211 engine powering Iberia's Boeing 757 freighters. Key to these programs is the salvaging, repair and reuse of serviceable parts from retired older engines.[51] Airbus could offer used A340s to airlines wishing to retire older aircraft such as the Boeing 747-400; claiming that the cost of purchasing and maintaining a second-hand A340 with increased seating and improved engine performance reportedly compared favourably to the procurement costs of a new Boeing 777.[52]
Men på Airbus hemsida som annars är transparent och tydlig, marknadsförs A340 som att den är ett sjävklart val, tystare än något annat plan (än A380) och oerhört effektivt och funkar på långa sträckor, Airbus längsta plan (747-8 är dock längre...)
A340 Family: A340-300, A340-500, A340-600 - A340 photos, pictures, A340 videos, A340 3D view | Airbus| Airbus, a leading aircraft manufacturer
Frågan är: Kommer någon någonsin att beställa ett A340 igen? Trodde planet var nedlagt eftersom det är flera år sen det sista levererades. Och riktigt långa flighter läggs ju ned en efter en...
/Per