Wet-lease operator Hi Fly has detailed its landing of an Airbus A340-300 on an Antarctic ice runway, the first time the four-engined type has carried out such an operation. The Maltese-registered ...

Hi Fly successfully landed an Airbus A340 in Antarctica for the first time, transporting tourists, scientists, and cargo to Wolf's Fang Runway. The A340's long range and four engines were crucial for ...

Airbus just achieved an aviation first in Antarctica. One of the company’s A340 planes has successfully landed on the southernmost continent for the first time in history. Hi Fly, a boutique aviation ...

I boarded a Hi Fly A340 chartered for White Desert Antarctica (Tour Operator) to fly to the seventh continent; Antarctica. The flight time from Cape Town to Wolf’s Fang Runway in Antarctica is 5 hours ...

The Airbus A330 and A340 share a fuselage cross-section, a common wing design philosophy, and a development timeline that saw both programs launched in the late 1980s. Yet the twin-engine A330 and the ...

The aircraft has advanced powerplants.