Airbus A340-500 Long-Range Widebody Airliner Variant
The Airbus A340-500 is the long-range A340 variant optimized for ultra-long-haul passenger service, certified under EASA A.015 and powered by the Rolls-Royce Trent 500 engine family.
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Identity
- Aliases
- A340-500A340-541A340-542Airbus A340-500
- Family Name
- Airbus A340-500
- Full Name
- Airbus A340-500 Long-Range Widebody Airliner Variant
- Roles
- airliner
- Status
- active
- Type
- aircraft
- Variant Name
- A340-500
Details
- Aircraft Specs
- Configuration
- fixed_wing
- Operating Modes
- land
- Takeoff Landing Capabilities
- conventional
- Description
- The Airbus A340-500 is the long-range A340 variant optimized for ultra-long-haul passenger service, certified under EASA A.015 and powered by the Rolls-Royce Trent 500 engine family.
- Manufacturer
- Parent Vehicle Family
- Propulsion Configurations
- Entries
- Count
- 4
- Placement
- nacelle
- Propulsion System
- Role
- main
- Stage
- airframe
- Variant Notes
- Four Rolls-Royce Trent 500-family turbofans.
- Name
- A340-500 Rolls-Royce Trent 500 installation
- Notes
- EASA A.015 covers the A340-500; the canonical propulsion record supports the Rolls-Royce Trent 500 family boundary without asserting a narrower certified suffix.
- Entries
- Count
- 4
- Placement
- nacelle
- Propulsion System
- Role
- main
- Stage
- airframe
- Variant Notes
- EASA A.015 identifies four Rolls-Royce RB211 Trent 553A2-61 engines on the A340-541 branch.
- Name
- A340-541 Rolls-Royce Trent 553A2-61 exact option
- Notes
- This exact relationship is scoped to the A340-541 branch of the A340-500 family and does not infer A340-542 or other Trent 500 submodels.
- Entries
- Count
- 4
- Placement
- nacelle
- Propulsion System
- Role
- main
- Stage
- airframe
- Variant Notes
- EASA A.015 identifies four Rolls-Royce RB211 Trent 556A2-61 engines on the A340-542 branch.
- Name
- A340-542 Rolls-Royce Trent 556A2-61 exact option
- Notes
- This exact relationship is scoped to the A340-542 branch of the A340-500 family and does not infer A340-541 or other Trent 500 submodels.
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- Creation Time
- August 12, 2026 at 21:08:04 UTC
- Updated Time
- August 13, 2026 at 09:29:47 UTC