Lufthansa Cuts Airbus A340 US Flights by 50% This Winter

Over the past few decades, airlines have shifted toward twin-engine aircraft to reduce fuel burn and operating costs. Earlier generations saw fleets dominated by three- and four-engine widebodies, but most have now been phased out. Only a handful of quadjets and trijets remain in service today, such as the Airbus A380, Boeing 747, and McDonnell Douglas MD-11, as well as the Airbus A340. The latter was European planemaker’s first four-engine aircraft, and was developed in parallel with the A330 twinjet to succeed the A300, the world’s first widebody twinjet.

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