Flying The A340-300 - Most UNDERPOWERED PLANE 

Airbus literally just got 2 a330's squished them together and put 2 hairdryers under each wing and said: *"yes"*

That's pretty true. Because As of September 2023, at least 128 Airbus A340s are still flying with several operators and across 4 variants : 8 A340-200 (this is the rarerest A340 variant btw) 65 A340-300 17 A340-500 and 38 A340-600. Another interesting fact is no one has ever died in the Airbus A340 accidents or incidents

Emirates flight 407 was due to pilot error, they miscalculated their takeoff data with an MTOW that was 100 tonnes below the real weight. They also extended the flaps 10° to little and only applied FLX thrust when they should have used TO/GA

The a340 is beautiful, maybe not in performance but it just looks aesthetically pleasing.

A340 operators paid for whole runway, so using all of the runway makes sense economically

The A340-300 - with its five APUs, it only climbs because the earth curves away under it.

Im still impressed how airbus managed to make a plane fly using 5 APUs

Aside from the downfall of the original A340, it's still a nice plane.

The reason that this aircraft is so underpowered comes to this: for a long time, aircraft that needed to fly really long distances over the ocean or over really desolate areas needed to have at least three or four engines so if one failed, they could make it to another airport safely. Airbus decided to slap some underpowered engines on the a340 early versions, but the later versions have some more powerful engines.

I flew the a340-300 abt 6 times and it was my first plane. Due to the small engines its verry quietand the slow climb is also relaxing. Its the sleepy bus but the comfortable bus. And when an engine dies, you could continue the flight.

I remember when Airfrance had operations to Bogotá Colombia with the A340-300, OMG that airplane used all the 3800mts of runway to take off and had so much performance issues to gain altitude. Iberia used the 340-600 and still suffered but not as much as the Airfrance 340.

Solution: Bigger wings =more lift less drag. Medium size engines = More thrust

What are those 4 engines made out of,blow driers? lmao😂💀

Great video man, great job as usual

Dad 1 of asking Swiss001 to review Aerofly FS Gobal when it comes out

Next you should do video on the performance of the Boeing 757 AKA the sports car of the sky

Underpowered but beautiful 😍❤️

7:16 oh yes how butter that was 😂😂

Can’t believe this the first video of Swiss flying the a340

Almost broke the sound barrier 😂

The pencil

Swiss001 can you fly Boeing 717-100? Please

Fun fact: The A340-200's fuselage is shorter than its wingspan.

As an A340-300 fan I can totally confirm this

Could you pleeeeease make a video about the old Quito airport (SEQU)? Would appreciate it soo much

Lovely video swiss

“The booter machine.” My new favourite nickname for the a330

you should've compared to jardesign a345 or toliss a346

If this plane had a Freighter version, Aerosucre would definetly fly it. Mostly at small airports.

Before an hour here

Who in airbus approved this plane 💀

Does The DeutschlandAir Force still do the a340, Cuz a couple of months ago I saw A Deutschland Air Force Plane, Not sure if it was the A330 Or A340

It the week boi but remember it a ultimate butter machine 😂❤❤

Try flying an A340-300 with two engines.

We need the a340 for msfs

5:45 Ich liebe es wie du es so deutsch betonst

Maybe it needs 6 engines like the An-225 or even 8 lol

Swiss waiting for aerofly Global 2024 review it finally out today

could you imagine an aerosucre a340?

Swiss when Aerofly Fs 2024 comes out can ya review it?

If aerosucre flyed a340-300 it would have the latest takeoffs in aviation history

Beautiful plane but very underpowered

We need some takeoff rocket boosters for this bad boy.

The problem of A340 is that he is overweighted, and his engines are too small, but I still love it because it was the breakthrough for that times.

Being the 330 and the 340 build at the same time I just wonder why the just didn't fit the RR trent 700 engines to the 340... I understand that for structural limitations of the wings maybe they need to perform some modifications but comeon, the 320 engines? 😅

This is why I like the A340-500 more than the A340-300

Swiss, i think they use flaps 2 or 3 when taking off

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Hi swiss❤!

You should play pilot training flight simulator on Roblox once again they even have the AN-225 now with an opening nose!

1 hour gang I guess…

Swiss, do you realized that the one you've been on recently was also the A340-300? NOT the -600?

1:47 'Booter machine'!

Is it x-11 or the new x-12 plus can you put the link for the addons

the a340 reminds me of the 707 a little bit

Fun fact: The A340 is the modified verison of the A330 but 4 eng and gears longer

It's been some time since ya saw some Mobile Flight simulators. Can you review Aerofly FS Global released 2 days back (Android for now(?

First like and comment! So excited for the vid!

The return of #swiss001landing?

He needs to do one that is the new aerofly fs global AKA aerofly fs 2024❤

5:46 it sounds so funny for some reason

did no one notice the bird just chilling when the a340 was taking off

hey Nick, where did u bought the Mini FCU?

The A340 is pretty cool, but it's very long, that's why it's called the flying pencil.

A340 IS MY FAVOURITE!!!!!!!

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Hey swiss001, ciuld you do a review on the new aerofly fs global?

Lol it was flapping it's wings before flying into a bridge and bursting into flames at the end.

Can you come to Lengpui Airport in Mizoram, India (AJL)

In all fairness.. Airbus got screwed over.. International Aero Engines.. the company that made the V2500 seen on the A320.. was going to make a more powerful engine called the super fan I think it was.. but right before the A340 they actually canceled the project..

That a340 over ran the runway on my birthday

Hello how are you😊

I cant help but feel bad for the a340 lineup as a whole. Airbus screwed up the first models, and the better -500/-600 models got a bad reputation from the previous models, even if they are great planes.

You could probably fit 12 a340 engines in 1 777x engine…

ah yes, the plane with 5 apus

But it looks classy with these narrow engines rather than gigantic turbofans

my favourite plane

aerosucre really need to consider the a340-200/300

The engines are basically a hair driyer

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The Emirates a340 happened because they miscalculated the v1 and v2 and flap setting because they put 100000 pounds less weight than they should have

Airbus should have just made the 500 and longer 600 variant

Ah yes, the only plane with 5 APU’s

can we just get it clear the A340-200/300 are the CFM-56 powered ones which are deemed "underpowered" however the A340-500/600 has the Trent 500s which are more than enough powerful. Its a bit of a lie that the A340 is underpowered otherwise it wouldnt be certified to fly, the same engines (CFM-56s) are also used on later updated DC-8s and Boeing 707s, and to prove my point most 707 AWACS that fly in the sky use the CFM-56 however they do not feature reverse thrust. The A340 is just not as powerful as its competitors, hence why it has slower climb rates. This was done however for cost-effectiveness which has proven well and it is also cheaper to run

Aerosucre on their way to buy an a340-300:

5:45 good German pronunciation, not many do it that well 😄

Nice

5:46 switches from English to Dutch in 2 seconds

bruh it is welp i hve been to st marten and an a340 600 almost pegasus.....

It can’t get off the ground because of the power vacuum engine

What’s your cpu and gpu specs?

I like to call this plane "the penta-APU"

A330 the burer machine💀💀💀

MORE RUNWAY!

Also Aerofly Global has been released aka Aerofly 2024

Remember me????❤😅😅😅😅

put the engines on the a380 and see where it can take off

The buuter machine 1:48

7:12 You're better off loving the A380 like that.

9:51 do u miss angela merkel nik?