The Airbus A340 is a long-range four-engine wide-body commercial passenger jet airliner. Developed by Airbus Industrie 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.
Made by Airbus.
It is the successor of the Airbus A300 .