Flying the World’s Last Airbus A340-500 - Azerbaijan Airlines (AZAL)

[@citibear57]

Stunning architecture in Baku. I agree with you Sam, the Airbus A340-500 is one of the best looking airplanes.

[@GenkisTravels]

What a beautiful livery. The A340-500 was always a beautiful aircraft.

[@alieffauzanrizky7202]

So sad that it's a dying breed now

[@tanweihao2001]

Well some poeple say its the worlds most unlucky aircraft:/

[@aakashkarajgikar9384]

I find the Boeing 777s, 787s, and Airbus A380s, A350s more beautiful than this!

[@alderlake12th]

@@aakashkarajgikar9384 never the flying pencil is never bad

[@bernardtan3639]

Have not been to Baku and will love to travel there to see the place. The Azerbaijan airline looks comfortable and service attentive.

[@TvGunslingeRvT]

It's one of the most expensive airlines in the world

[@franciskt4171]

Yes, I had flown on a A340 from Colombo to TVM in Dec. 2011. It was super and I cherish that all my life.

[@maxbiagi3091]

Sam in Ázerbájdžán: "What is a language in Ázerbájdžán?" staff: "Ázerbájdžán" 😂😂😂😂 Epic

[@BenetClaire]

I’ve done Dubai to Mebourne on Emirates 340-500 back in 2005 - amazing experience to be seating as a couple with only two seats on the window side :)

[@tu134pilot]

I used to fly the A340-500 (and -600) for Etihad. Wonderful aircraft...a real delight to fly.

[@dongevelhof6863]

The A340 is one of the most beautiful planes to ever hit the sky. I was lucky to fly on her. It was an A340 300 operated by Philippines Airlines. Those CFM56-5 engines were awesome at takeoff.

[@Mrroblox-lo2sq]

In my opinion the 747 is one of the most beautiful aircraft but the a340 is cool too

[@FOCOSOITALIANO]

Long Live Azerbaijan.

[@MajesticSapphireCruises]

Amin

[@pa12blogarmillaurrutia17]

I have flight with an A340-600 with Iberia, from Madrid to New York, its a 4 engine plane too, and very similar to the 340-500. Nowadays that plane is out of service (for Iberia at least). Incredible airplane, so beatiful.

[@alonshalit5778]

Gorgeous Sam. We love Azerbaijan from Israel and the USA. I hope to soon see a Los Angeles - Baku direct flight.

[@FUZZYnow]

🇮🇱❤️🇦🇿

[@zakbakali1870]

Free Palestine 🇵🇸🇵🇸🇵🇸🇵🇸🇵🇸

[@suhailarahamat992]

Free Palestine 🇵🇸🤝🇲🇾

[@Khalid_Jafar]

My lovely A340-500! 😍 Azerbaijan Airlines have a 2 aircraft’s of this model. Karabakh and Nakhchivan. I flight too much with those “kids” 😅❤️‍🔥

[@vaiosan775]

Every time I see in the video the nice meal on the airplane I get hungry and I move my hand to the screen to grab it ! 😉😁😊

[@yuchen_zhong]

Really good food and nice service!

[@s3savage]

Nice.. beautiful Azerbaijan... can't wait to visit ....❤️👍🇦🇿

[@taral0v]

Thanks ❤️🇦🇿🙏

[@L_M_G_A]

6:03 "This is snack 🙄" I'm literally crying 😂

[@Andrew182]

Airbus A340-500 is such a beautiful plane! I often see it taking off from my local airport. Didn’t know this model is so rare. Also liked the review of the cabin. It looks really beautiful and stylish. It doesn’t even seem that old. Thanks for another magnificent video Sam 👍

[@SamChui]

You're lucky to see it from your local airport. It is super rare nowadays.

[@sterlingbingham7975]

First and only time I flew in the A340 was from Seattle to Copenhagen. It was a wonderful plane as is your vids. Thanks for the memories Sam!

[@alonshalit5778]

Sam our favorite Hong Konger!!!!!!!! Gorgeous travels.

[@sanjaymu74]

Have flown this one time the A340 Lufthansa was the carrier from Frankfurt to Boston and I remember the wonderful twin engine plane that had a unique bar and snack counter towards the rear end and even had a plight of stairs to the restrooms. Food served was ok but the airplane experience was good. Thanks Sam it's amazing how you remember your old trips! 😊

[@GBOAC]

340 a twin engine? you might be remembering wrong here

[@raufa583]

I flew the AirbusA340-500 when AZAL used this airplane for the JFK - Baku route. It was such a comfortable flight. There were even bar/lounge areas in economy, which resulted in a bunch of former Bakuvians gathering around for drinks and chat, very cool experience. Landing in Baku can be quite rough due to the winds, but flying inside this giant, you barely felt a thing.

[@skullcrusher8221]

I really Like The AirBus 340-500, it’s a gorgeous plane , with 4 engines, it’s a top notch plane , 🔥 will miss this monster :( thanks sam for sharing your experience

[@santinopontillas7728]

What a elegant aircraft, Airbus A340-500 is my favorite aircraft because it has many destinations and I love the aircraft itself.

[@wimmaleni]

What a great service of that aircraft and staff

[@benjaminjoseph8487]

I must say that’s the best looking crew that I have seen on all your videos so far.

[@gewglesux]

The one who gave him the "snack" is my favorite

[@prodthegreatpotoo]

I once flew this plane. And I am telling you, barely any turbulence and smooth landing! The food was awesome, and even Economy class was so comfy! 10/10 experience; I’ll never forget that memory.

[@savvasgiordamnis100]

Hi Sam. Flew Emirates 340-500, Dubai to Sydney non stop, around 13 hours. That was a long time ago, back at 2005 December. I remember that aircraft was just 2 month old, newly delivered to Emirates back then. Had a great and experienced flight though, still gives me chills when I remember this. Greetings from Rhodes Greece.

[@ibrahimalifull0]

7:49 Azerbaijan is an independent state, we have our own language, we teach children English, not Russian. Azerbaijan has two languages, Azerbaijani and English.

[@AnAussieMallu]

A340😍 The reason for the bar lounge, it was designed for Kingerfinsher Airlines owned by Vijay Mallaya who was once known as king of 🍺.

[@louskunt9798]

King of mugs?

[@AnAussieMallu]

@@louskunt9798 Brilliant, you are so very brilliant. Please don’t show your head on sunlight. 😉

[@aston-martin-internationalist]

Not flow the 500 but have flown A340-600 when Virgin Atlantic used to operate on their LHR-LAX service. I've only flown once on this model and was really impressed, such a long fuselage and remember walking up and down the aisles thinking it was huge. It was a very comfortable plane and was quite distinctive and one of my favourite looking planes. It's a shame we rarely see them anymore.

[@Vlad6525]

Sam, I was lucky to fly on Thai A340-500 on a non-stop from BKK to JFK roughly 11-12yrs ago! 18hrs airborne. Thai had slanted beds then in biz and I couldn't sleep for more than 3-4hrs at a time and after 3 sleep attempts, 3 meals and 3 movies I remember a rather unique moment of flying in biz class and wishing to land. LOL. Looking back at that flight I do treasure it because not only this was the longest non-stop flight I've been on in my 27+yrs of commercial flying, but also the only flight on an A340-500. Thank you for this and all of your videos!

[@papi8659]

great livery - one of the best around

[@haditjandradjaja8403]

NOTHING BEATS THE LOOK OF 4 ENGINES AIRCRAFT 👍👍👍

[@87bones87]

"When I was still slim" you still look good Sam. Your personality plays a big part in that. Great work!

[@Kefalokastoras]

I flew from YYZ-YUL-ATH many years ago on Olympic Airways' A340-500... I even have a model airplane of it! Sadly, the route doesn't exist anymore (Not sure if they still have that aircraft in their fleet)... but that was one of my favourite aircrafts ever! Legendary...

[@scoobydo446]

How can they have it when this airline in sams video is the last operator of public service, some mothers do have them

[@Kefalokastoras]

@@scoobydo446 must be a -400 then...

[@scoobydo446]

I like how you have old footage that you have not shown us yet , keep up that great work and surprise of your past Sam ,

[@teazerfemi]

Thanks a zillion sir, the 340's are both crew and passenger friendly aircrafts,they are very suave, Azerbaijan airlines services are lovely and their flight attendants are passionate about their jobs

[@haleemazawahirhaleema9852]

What a beautiful air craft lovely 😍

[@francoisgagnon5335]

Oh, thanks, Sam. I was just listening to a A346 video and thought about Air Canada's A345 back in the days and then your video showed up!

[@FlightSideOfLife]

Great to see a bar on board and so much food!

[@mackay4740]

It always saddens me to see so many beautiful aircraft, like the magnificent A340, thrown on the scrap heap due to economics. I remember seeing my first A340. Scratched my head and thought it was an extended Boeing 707. Thanks again Sam, love the channel.

[@aaronoh3911]

Flew on the A340-500 once on THAI, from KUL to BKK way back in 2008. Due to some technical issue with the A330, the which caused flight delays. Got upgraded to premium economy. That was the only time I got to experience a A340-500 or an A340. An experience to remember.

[@saranath0317]

A340-500 is such a beauty ✨

[@samjones4327]

Great to see you!!! Awesome video! Happy that you've shown some of the city of Baku and how the beautiful and modern architecture span across the city! Thanks and cheers!!

[@LINJ638]

Welcome back, Sam!!! Always good to have you here!!!!

[@jamestnov41945]

Wonderful life you are having Sam.

[@juanadelgadolopez4802]

Great video salutes from Juncos, Puerto Rico 🇵🇷

[@recuerdosfamilia2353]

Hermoso viaje. Veo que la pasaste muy bien. Qué rico comer bastante en el avión.

[@johnnovy6630]

Nice looking flight, cabin crew and food and drink.

[@miluvaganamagamparam5935]

Excellent talk about airlines and alot of tips about sitting and many others points.thank you.

[@shahidalibhatti]

Super awesome, I flew A340 -500 ,Sri Lanka to Singapore since June 2009,round trip ,srilankan airline.

[@TheRareVideosXL]

What a great flight and an amazing video.

[@vidjcb]

We are so lucky to have Sam sharing these amazing experiences. Another fantastic video. Just thanks a lot for doing it.

[@wl2182]

I traveled with A340-500 only once very long time ago, which was from Auckland to Sydney by Emirates. I can say it was a fantastic flight. I have traveled a lot of times on a A340-300 by Cathay Pacific. Overall for A340, I loved it!! ❤️

[@HM-nh7nc]

Flew in one of these AZAL planes - Baku to Dubai a few years back, it was such a smooth jour journey. Even toilet is larger amd has a window 😍

[@supericeman1]

I remember the other video you flew on this A340, what a nice trip!

[@0V3CHKiN]

Well done, Baku.

[@ThatOneCuber1]

Good video sam! I wish the a340 didnt retire.😢

[@autohub.32]

IVE BEEN WAITING FOR THIS FOR 2 YEARS IM GOING TO CRY IDK WHY THOUGH THANK YOU SAM

[@Aerolandaircraft]

Why is no one talking about the Flight Attendant at 6:03 who didn't want to tell Sam what the "snack" was?

[@pedro190606]

I love all of your videos and especially when you find rarities like these: the last model flying, etc

[@cool_man894]

I flew the A340-500 from Abu Dhabi to Los Angeles on Etihad Airways it was a very good journey I really loved the A340 probably the best flight of my life

[@AbdulrahmanIsmail_AU]

The A340-500 is a beautiful plane such a shame they stopped using it.

[@bahaviation2070]

*A340

[@AbdulrahmanIsmail_AU]

@@bahaviation2070 yeah, autocorrect

[@paradiseaviation9367]

My favorite livery 😍😍 and colour scheme 😍

[@alfisyahri_r]

Most beautiful aircraft ever exist!

[@ameliefleischmann5746]

Best looking Airbus. Best channel on KZbin. Chris

[@_QuizWorld]

I loved the video, especially the food part😅

[@u.hinson6300]

I love the 340. A very unique and easily identifiable plane. Very beautiful plane.

[@fardeenhassan3577]

Didn't know baku was that advanced thank u sam

[@spike110820]

I live out in the northwest Philly burbs, at the beginning of Left Downwind for Runway 27R at PHL. BA used to fly 340s from Heathrow to PHL. I would literally pull into a parking lot if I saw a 340 in the pattern for PHL. I consider the 340 to be the most beautiful modern airliner.

[@asbusinos]

'What is this?' 'It's a snack!' A polite way of saying 'Just eat the goddamn thing Sam!' 🤣

[@waterhouse8432]

Yes I flew in A 340 500 from Sydney to Bangkok back in 2013 .It was really great to fly with this plane

[@ashleyrego2877]

9:55 - you can still see Lewis going straight on after leaving on the 'magic' 😂😂

[@flustic]

i think im super lucky to go on one of these

[@Magirus370]

Hi Sam and hi guys. Flew on january 2019, Virgin Atlantic A 340 (500? Maybe 600?) from JFK to Heathrow. Nice and quiet flight, my first and maybe last in a A340.

[@galt28]

I remember taking an EK A340-500 in the early 2005 for travel between DXB and JFK . One of the quietest metal to fly..missing the gentle giant,

[@Asgeir_W]

Looking back now, I'm lucky to have flown on one of these rare beauties. I flew Thai from Oslo to Bangkok. The economy class on Thai's 340-500 should be standard on all planes, same as most airlines offer in premium economy today. I also flew the 340-600 with thai, also s cool plane.

[@jorgerivera198]

The good old days flying the A340, that was my favorite airbus! I Flew the 346, so spacious! I really miss the downstairs private lavatories, wish they made the lavatories that way! I flew Iberias 346s, and Virgin.

[@fly_w_tony]

I thought it was an A330 with two more engines. The A340 is really hard to see, but thank you for uploading the video so I can see it in detail!

[@abdullahnaeem5349]

It is

[@oliviasonlinediary]

The aircraft is magnificent, and awesome. thank you sam for your wonderful videos :)) it really makes my day! ur videos are the definition of perfect, and you're very good at what u do :) keep up the great work sam!! i will always be your supporter 😇😇☺stay safe!!

[@Bebekmatrix]

Wow the town is amazing

[@BrainwenAlekanta]

I really like the time when Singapore Airlines using their modified A340-500 aircraft to operate the world's longest flight from Singapore to New York (SQ21&SQ22), before it was replaced with the Airbus A350-900ULR. The A340-500 is such a great aircraft for me.

[@julosx]

Yeah, so much better than the tiny 350 ! I plan to fly the A380 with Singapore later this year.

[@TraveldenganDon]

The -600 actually has a partial lower deck, which accommodates fairly spacious restrooms and some social space (at least the Lufthansa version has it - don't know if it's standard).

[@Wellnessinspire22]

Don’t believe it is standard . I was on an Iberia A340-600 one given day and asked about this and they didn’t have it. Conversely a friend flew on another Iberia A346 which had it.

[@venichen1]

It's also available on other Airbus planes as well. I think I've seen pictures of lower deck washrooms on the A340-300 and even the A330 (IIRC).

[@paulb4877]

The UK airline Thomas Cook use to have the A330 with the lower deck toilets, I believe there were 5 located at the rear section and the stairs down were by door 4L.

[@endangeredkid7473]

3:14 that woman on the left with The Rock eyebrows 😏

[@Falcon-Aviation]

This is great, would love to fly them one day! 😍

[@jfdez64]

I did fly with Thai, BKK-JFK...loved it!!!

[@rokaniphillip3908]

Yeah, I flew with Singapore Airlines using A340-500 aircraft from Seoul, Incheon International Airport (ICN), via Singapore (SIN) to (DXB) Dubai. It was marvellous with hospitable crews.

[@Oriol-ft9ws]

I don't know why but for some reason the 4 jets planes since the 747,have something special!

[@RedfaJan]

Flew a Cathay Pacific A340 once. It was very cool.

[@liamrelaxationtube5179]

Nice aviation report.

[@lyteang]

Always the best insight I love what u do

[@isaacharry7062]

Had flown in Singapore Airlines A340-5 from SIN to LAX back in 2012 🙌

[@Tariq_Khan965]

Beautiful aircraft. I flew an EK jet once out of DXB to JFK in 2006. Second time was flying Etihad in 2008, SYD through to JFK and back. So a total of 5 flights on an A340-500 🙂

[@yguruprasad8143]

What a great flight we all like your videos Sam ji thank you very much

[@Peteski-0]

Great video Sam. How beautiful is the A340-500?! I may just take a day trip so I can fly on this plane.

[@mohamedubaidullah6331]

Remembering the long hauling delay at transit flight from Chennai to Riyadh via Colombo on Dec,2k15 ....flew with A340-300 from Paris to Colombo as a replacement for A330-300 ....

[@angelavilajr3083]

What a beautiful airplane, i thought that A340-500 a small version of Boeing 747 airplane

[@desmondnexusp]

Always enjoy your video.

[@peterhodgkinson4775]

I had the pleasure of flying in an A340-500 of Emirates from Dubai to Dar es Salaam and return in March of 2012. It was wonderfully quiet and comfortable. Although no airlines currently fly the A3405, there is at least one in service with the Royal Thai Air Force, tasked with carrying a certain well know person between Bangkok and Munich.

[@teamvalor7867]

Its the king of thailand. But, you WILL be arrested if you talk about that in Thailand, they don't want the citizens to know that this is happening

[@myamericandream8152]

Flew on the A340-300 twice, with Finnair and Virgin. Great plane, sad to see all the variants going out of service