Tour company White Desert uses private jets to shuttle people to its Antarctic camps from South Africa. The largest option is the quad-engine Airbus A340, which touched down on the ice for the first ...

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 ...

Iberia has retrieved an Airbus A340-600 damaged in a hard landing at Quito, but has yet to determine when the aircraft will re-enter airline service. The aircraft touched down hard on Quito’s runway ...

Spanish flag-carrier Iberia has yet to decide whether to repair the Airbus A340-600 which overran at Quito after striking the runway so hard during landing that damaged sensors ultimately impeded the ...

The view of an aircraft landing safely on an ice runway in the vast “white desert” of Antarctica is a beautiful thing. But it’s also an impressive achievement, with a lot of preparations and skillful ...

Video shows the Portuguese airline’s Airbus A340-300 landing on the Wolf’s Fang ice runway amid –16°C temperatures. The Portuguese airline Hi Fly celebrated five years of operations to Antarctica and ...

For years, Airbus has dominated the commercial aircraft space alongside Boeing, offering flight options for both freight and passengers. As you might expect, the company has an impressive catalog of ...