Airbus A340-500 Key Facts

  • As of 2026-09-17, 22 Airbus A340-500 airframes have been observed in commercial service.
  • Typical passenger configuration is 313 seats with a design range of 16,670 km.
  • The observed global fleet average age for this type is 5.9 years.
Airbus A340-500 commercial airliner
Airbus A340-500 commercial airliner Photo: Dura-Ace · CC BY-SA 2.0
Typical Seating 313 seats 2-class passenger configuration
Maximum Range 16,670 km 9,001 nautical miles
Max Takeoff Weight (MTOW) 372,000 kg 820,119 lbs

Global Fleet Age Distribution

Distribution of observed Airbus A340-500 airframes across active airline operators.

6 0-4 yrs 16 5-9 yrs 0 10-14 yrs 0 15-19 yrs 0 20+ yrs
Airbus A340-500 Age Distribution
Age BracketCount
0-4 yrs6
5-9 yrs16
10-14 yrs0
15-19 yrs0
20+ yrs0

Observed Airframes (Airbus A340-500)

Tail Number Operator Mode S Hex Owner / Lessor Status Last Observed Airport Age
4K-AZ85 Azerbaijan Airlines 600855 Azerbaijan Airlines ACTIVE Unassigned 6.4 years
4K-AZ86 Azerbaijan Airlines 600856 Azerbaijan Airlines ACTIVE Unassigned 6.8 years
TC-CAN Turkuaz Airlines 4b8c2e Government Of Turkey ACTIVE Unassigned 6.4 years
I-TALY Aeronautica Militare 30064a Italian Air Force ACTIVE Unassigned 4.8 years
CS-TFX El Al Israel Airlines 4950d8 El Al ACTIVE Unassigned 6.8 years
A7-HHH Qatar Amiri Flight 06a021 Qatar Amiri Flight ACTIVE Unassigned 4.4 years
A6-EHB Etihad Airways 896145 Etihad Airways ACTIVE Unassigned 4.4 years
A6-EHC Etihad Airways 896146 Etihad Airways ACTIVE Unassigned 4.8 years
A6-EHD Etihad Airways 896147 Etihad Airways ACTIVE Unassigned 5.2 years
A6-ERF Unassigned 896085 Carrier Owned ACTIVE Unassigned 6.0 years
HS-TYV Unassigned 885336 Carrier Owned ACTIVE Unassigned 7.6 years
7T-VPP Unassigned 0a402d Government Of Algeria ACTIVE Unassigned 4.0 years
G-ECLF Unassigned 407e79 Carrier Owned ACTIVE Unassigned 7.2 years
VP-BMS Unassigned 424267 Las Vegas Sands Corp ACTIVE Unassigned 6.8 years
F-WHUK Unassigned 38777b Carrier Owned ACTIVE Unassigned 5.6 years
CS-TFW Unassigned 4950d7 Carrier Owned ACTIVE Unassigned 6.4 years
D-AAAL Unassigned 3c442c Carrier Owned ACTIVE Unassigned 5.6 years
2-RLAV Unassigned 43ec24 Carrier Owned ACTIVE Unassigned 5.6 years
2-RLAW Unassigned 43ec38 Carrier Owned ACTIVE Unassigned 6.0 years
2-RLBC Unassigned 43ec6f Carrier Owned ACTIVE Unassigned 6.4 years
9K-GBA Unassigned 706049 Government Of Kuwait ACTIVE Unassigned 7.6 years
9K-GBB Unassigned 70604a Government Of Kuwait ACTIVE Unassigned 4.0 years

Recent Delivery Flights

No recent OEM factory delivery flights recorded for this model in the sample period.

Recorded Safety Occurrences

Zero major hull-loss safety occurrences on record for this type in the monitored dataset.