Written by Agnel Jenson A. Paul for Jetstream Magazine.

Often associated with long-haul luxury and seen as a technological marvel of its time, the Airbus A340 now finds itself on the edge of extinction.

Airlines across the world are quickly retiring their four-engine workhorses in favor of more efficiently packaged twinjets. The A340's majestic silhouette is becoming a rarer sight, both in Europe — where most of its primary customers were based — and across the globe.

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