According to this article, which was originally in French and auto-translated to English, this could be the last A340-600 ever made. I'll try to get some pictures of this plane over on my aviation blog.
Apparently, Airbus has no more A340-600s on order. All the remaining A340 orders that Airbus has are for -500 series and a few VIP configuration units that may end up getting converted to A330s.
Interesting n'est pas?
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Airbus has completed its long-haul shipments to Iberia. The Spanish company has announced August 4 that it had taken delivery of its 17th Airbus A340-600, called "Mexico City" to commemorate 60 years of service to the Mexican capital. The unit bears the registration EC-LFS.
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The device will operate on routes to Latin America, the United States and South Africa. It is equipped with the new Business Plus cabin.
The A340-600 is the last Iberia had on order from Airbus. She had acquired from the manufacturer sixteen European, five of which were delivered in 2010 after suspension of approvals of aircraft in 2009 due to the crisis and eighteen A340-300. It operates thirty-five A340 in total.
It is perhaps also the last commercial A340 delivered by the European manufacturer. Indeed, only six A340-500 remain on the backlog, four and two in VIP configuration theoretically intended to Kingfisher Airlines. But the Indian company would have converted A330 in 2008.
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