中国西南航空公司引进的首架A340四发宽体客机于11月12日抵达成都,西南航空公司也随之成为空中客车公司的又一个新用户,西南航空公司一共确认订购了3架A340,这也是该航空公司首次引进宽体客机.此次接收的A340选择了370座两级客舱布局,即头等舱12座,经济舱358座,客机将主要用于成都至拉萨航线,以替代目前在该航线上运营的波音757. China Southwest Airlines introduced the first A340 four wide-body passenger plane arrived in Chengdu on November 12, Southwest Airlines will subsequently become a new user of Airbus, Southwest Airlines confirmed a total of ordered A3 A340, which Is the airline's first introduction of wide-body passenger aircraft. The A340 received 370 two-tier layout of the two cabins, namely, first-class 12, economy-class 358, passenger aircraft will be mainly used for Chengdu to Lhasa route to replace the current Boeing 757 operated on the route.