Emirates has retired two of its 10 Airbus A340-500s, and is breaking one for spares, as sustained high fuel prices take their toll on operations of the four-engined aircraft. The Dubai network carrier ...

ABU DHABI, 19 Dec, 04 (WAM) - Emirates Airline has signed a $138 million Japanese Operating Lease (JOL) for the acquisition of a new Airbus A340-500 - the airline's eighth from a total order of 10.

Pilots forced to apply maximum thrust after aircraft failed to respond to control inputs An Emirates Airbus A340-300 ran 150m (490ft) off the end of the runway before getting airborne at Johannesburg ...

Emirates, underlined its commitment to Ghana this month by introducing the Airbus A340-500 on to the Accra-Dubai route, starting from 1 February 2012. WAM (Emirates News Agency) February 14, 2012 ...

Emirates Airline has signed a USD 138 million Japanese Operating Lease (JOL) for the acquisition of a new Airbus A340-500 - the airline’s eighth from a total order of 10. This is the first time ever ...

Tour company White Desert uses private jets to shuttle people to its Antarctic camps from South Africa. The largest option is the quad-engine Airbus A340, which touched down on the ice for the first ...

Emirates has signed a lease financing agreement valued at $226 million for two new Airbus A340-500s, the world's longest-range aircraft. Add as a preferred source on Google Emirates has signed a lease ...

An Emirates Airbus A340-500 only barely managed to get airborne after using the full 3,660 meter (12,000 ft.) length of its runway at Melbourne on March 20, in an incident that came perilously close ...

Emirates has ordered 41 additional Airbus aircraft, comprising two A340-500s, 18 A340-600s and 21 A380s, in the largest single order ever placed by the airline. In addition, Emirates will lease two ...

Human factors were to blame for a tail strike suffered by an Emirates A340 at Melbourne in March 2009, concluded a report by the Australian Transport Safety Bureau (ATSB)issued yesterday. It also ...

The aircraft has advanced powerplants.