Tuesday, December 23, 2008
Lufthansa Airbus A340-600 specs
> Name: Airbus A340-600
> Manufacturer: Airbus Industries Europe (France/Germany)
> Main Role: High capacity, long - very long range mainline jetliner
> Basic design: Four engined, double aisle wide body jet. Airframe based on the A300.
> Capacity: A340-600: 375 passengers
> Range: 13700km
> First delivery date: 2002
> Still in production in 2008: Yes
> Easily confused for: Airbus A330-300, IL-86, IL-96, DC-8, 707, 747
> Main identifying points: Look for the "Airbus" cockpit windows, four large engines (larger than on the A340-200/300 version), large upward swept winglets & a classic Airbus tail & tail cone. Other than the 747 and IL86/96 it's one of the few 4-engined wide body jets around. If it has 4 engines and no hump on the front it's more than likely an A340. The IL86/96 is less common and is quite similar in shape but they have a very high pointy tail and a short less pronounced tail cone and are flown almost exclusively by Russian airlines. The A340-500/600 both have a 4 wheeled middle undercarriage along with the ones under each wing. The A340-600 has the longest fuselage of any standard airliner so hard to not identify. It's a stretched version of the -300/500
>Examples of Main Operators: Lufthansa, Cathay Pacific, China Eastern, Thai, Virgin Atlantic, Iberia, South African so these planes are especially numerous in Frankfurt, Singapore, Hong Kong, Madrid, Johannesburg, Bangkok and London
Lufthansa First Class cabin upper deck of the Boeing 747
Lufthansa's First Class on the upper deck of the Boeing 747. This is the forward part of the cabin accross the exit row. In front of my seat was the bar station.
Amenities include: high end pajamas, slippers, amenity kit, full size multiple page colorful menus (one per meal + wine list,) luxury alcohols and fine food.
Lufthansa A340-600 wallpaper
The Flying Wiener from Frankfurt-am-Main (Lufthansa A340-600), originally uploaded by canadian pacific.
Another plane that I've been trying to catch for a l o n g time! The Lufthansa Airbus A340-600. It's a very long fueslage with 4 oversized engines! Arriving Toronto YYZ as flight LH470 from Frankfurt-am-Main FRA.
Lufthsansa's official name is Deutsche Lufthansa. If you read old materials from Lufthansa, it often called itself Deutsche Luft Hansa, or DLH in short.
My German Secret Language Police Vovchychko perhaps can correct me if I'm wrong! =o)
Deutsche = German
Luft = Air
Hansa = A word derived from the medieval Haseatic Trading League/Society/Bloc that was active in present-day northern Germany and Denmark.
Registration: D-AIHI
