Originally Posted by
FlightNurse
You have to wonder if US really wanted to expand its international routes at all. I would think airbus could have found a couple of A340s to allow US to use until the A350 comes on line. The A340 would have allowed US to expand its international routes and possibly retire the 767s
The quad-engine A340's are not the most efficient fuel-wise, which had a lot to do with their unpopularity with airlines and recent discontinuation by Airbus.
There weren't many of them made, but the 340-200 might not be a terrible stopgap until the A350's come in... or any of the ex-CO 767's... (hey, unlike our 767's they'd also have PTV's)