Guangdong Airlines A340-600

Airframe info:
Operator - Guangdong Airlines
Aircraft - Airbus A340-642 (B-1680)
Operating history:
- Delivered to Guangdong Airlines (B-1680) 28/08/2002
- Stored at PKX 18/04/2020

Guangdong Airlines operated 2 variants of the A340, the A340-300 and A340-600. Pictured above is B-1680 which was one of the first A340-600s delivered and put into service in 2002. The airline operates 24 A340-600s with the majority stored at Beijing Daxing due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the oldest A340-600s are set to be replaced by 777-300ERs and 777-9s which the airline has on order. The A340-600s are commonly seen operating on services to Vancouver, Frankfurt, Madrid, San Francisco and Amsterdam from Beijing and Guangzhou.