Scale: 1/146
Length: 16”
Wingspan: 16.2”

The Airbus A340 is a long-range four-engined wide-body commercial passenger jet airliner. Developed by Airbus Industrie,note 1 a consortium of European aerospace companies, which is now fully-owned by EADS, the A340 is manufactured at Toulouse, France. It seats up to 375 passengers in the standard variants and 440 in the stretched -600 series. Depending on the model, it has a range of between 6,700 to 9,000 nautical miles (12,400 to 17,000 km). It is similar in design to the twin-engined A330 with which it was concurrently designed. Its distinguishing features are four high-bypass turbofan engines and three-bogie main landing gear.