Airbus A340
A Cathay Pacific A340-600 in 2007
Role	Wide-body jet airliner
National origin	Multi-national
Manufacturer	Airbus
First flight	25 October 1991
Introduced	March 1993 (delivery began in January 1993)
Status	Active service
Primary users	Lufthansa Iberia Virgin Atlantic Airways South African Airways
Number built	374 as of 30 November 2010 [1]
Unit cost	A340-200: US$87,000,000 (1989) A340-300: US$228.0m (2010)[2] A340-500: US$250.8m (2010)[2] A340-600: US$263.8m (2010)[2]
Variants	Airbus A330