Airbus A340-500 Commercial - Clouds

Airbus prmoting its Ultra long Haul aircraft the Airbus A340-500

Category:

Travel & Events

Tags:

• Airbus
• A345
• A340-500
• A340
• Clouds
• EADS
• Boeing
• Ultra
• Long
• Haul
• SingaporeAirlines
• ThaiAirways
• Emirates
• Eithad
• QatarAirways

[flyekkeepdiscovering]

its a good ad, but this plane is no longer the longest range plane on the earth. mudic id ok, but nothing too special

[mitaal380]

hmm true but it still holds the record for the longest nonstop commercial flight even though there are 2 B777-200LRs in service

[S7r0ng3r]

Its a little confusing. Despite the fact that the A345 is the 2nd longest range plane in the world, it is still used on the longest non-stop route between Singapore and Newark.

Comparing the two, if I were in coach, I'd easily chose the A345 due to its 2-4-2 seating arrangement. No need to clamber over more then 1 person :D

[chewyouren]

indeed. the 777 was there to score points only. a345s still have more economy on fuel. a345s have better seating configurations, esp on SIA's a345s

[KidKlassic91]

i haven't seen this add in YEARS. i love the song.

[SouthAfricanAirways1]

Boeing is better. In my opinion. I never had a Airbus flight that I could say was impressive or COMFORTABLE.

[dnhug]

nice add!

[yrijun]

I love Airbus

[Avantime]

One of the advantages the A340 has over the 777 is flight over the Himalayas. If an engine fails on the 777 the driftdown altitude could be below the minimum safe altitude for terrain clearance around Tibet.

There are a few escape routes but it's quite easy to for the pilots to get it wrong during an emergency and insurance people don't like that.

[lokman9800]

A345 SIA all business class...

[34567k]

hahahaha dream on ..... you know what cant a 777 do is fly direct routes or can they looool see thats why buddy before u comment about A340 U MUST KNOW ONE THING OR 2

[chewyouren]

the A345s were common on that route, but i haven't taken the all-business ones yet. it is rather pricey to fly SQ's business class. and no, the now-defunct 3 class SIA A345s have ample seating for coach and the economy is always near-empty when i fly it.

[chayut1992]

Thai Airways, one of A340-500 operator that flies them non-stop from New York to Bangkok (13770 km; 17 h 30 min), was forced by corrupted politicians to buy this aircraft, because it is such fuel hungry that there are less customers than the Boeing's more efficient and popular equivalent, 777. Those politicians know that if they buy slow-selling plane, they can get more commission, and that commission goes into those politicians' own pockets. This makes Thai Airways loss from massive fuel costs.

[S7r0ng3r]

You mean SIA's all-Business Class A345s? I sure wish I could get a flight on one of those