AirAsia X, the long-haul affiliate of Malaysian budget carrier AirAsia, is looking for up to five more Airbus A340-300s to support growth while awaiting the 25 A350s or Boeing 787s that it is planning ...

Malaysia's long-haul budget airline AirAsia X Airbus A340 jetliner is greeted with jets of water upon its landing at the end of the AirAsia X first flight Kuala-Lumpur -Paris at Paris' Orly airport on ...

While the A380 superjumbo is enjoying a steady resurgence after having been on the brink of retirement during the pandemic, its older sibling – another four-engined aircraft from Airbus – seems ...

According to Axon Aviation Group, an A340-300 costs $219 million. This is a little over half the cost advertised by Axon for a Boeing 747-8I. However, purchasing an A340-300 is not the only way to fly ...

The Airbus A340 entered service in March 1993 with both Air France and Lufthansa less than a year before the Airbus A330 would make its commercial debut. With the A340, Airbus was looking to provide a ...

AirAsia X, the long haul subsidiary of low-cost carrier AirAsia, announced with much fanfare in London the launching of a five-time weekly service between Kuala Lumpur and London Stansted airport.

Malaysia's AirAsia X operated its first flight to the US earlier this week - a non-revenue one-off service to Oakland - as the long-haul low-cost carrier contemplates launching regular flights to the ...

Low-cost carrier AirAsia doubled an earlier order for 100 Airbus jetliners to expand service in Southeast Asia, a person with knowledge of the decision said. Malaysia-based AirAsia's order for an ...