The A340 has played an integral role in Lufthansa's US network since its introduction and now serves around a dozen routes ...
The A340 was introduced 30 years ago with Lufthansa and Air France, but only 380 have been produced since, the last in 2012.
Survivors of past aviation accidents are offering advice and support to the 80 passengers and crew members of the plane that crashed and flipped over in Toronto.
An average one-way Paris-New York ticket costs around 10,000 euros in May, according to the Air France website.