How the A340-300 fits into the A340 story
A340-300 is the representative branch of the Airbus A340 family, capturing the branch most commonly associated with the family’s classic passenger years.
This page isolates the A340-300 branch of the Airbus A340 family, focusing on the engines, service entry, seating, range, and mission role that justify a dedicated variant page while keeping the family history on the canonical parent URL.
Service entry
1993
Seating
250 to 295
Range
7,300 nm
Variant history
Why it branches from the family
The A340-300 is treated as the representative branch because it captures the branch most commonly associated with the family’s classic passenger years.
Variant pages stay intentionally narrower than the family page so differences in cabin, engines, mission, and market role remain clear without duplicating the full program history.
Fact rows
Reference snapshot
- ICAO designator
- A343
- Designator references
- Engines
- CFM56-5C
- Type data
- Service entry
- 1993
- Operator records
- Typical seating
- 250 to 295
- Operator layouts
- Range
- 7,300 nm
- Planning data
Return to the family page
Variant pages stay intentionally narrower than family pages. They isolate meaningful technical or commercial differences while the canonical family page holds the broader historical narrative.