Swiss to donate last A340-300 to Swiss Museum of Transport

Swiss plans to preserve its last Airbus A340-300 aircraft. The airline will donate HB-JMH to the Verkehrshaus der Schweiz (Swiss Museum of Transport) in Lucerne after the type is retired in early 2028. The aircraft has logged about 107,500 flight hours and 11,600 flights. According to aviation data provider CH Aviation, the resale value of the A340-300 is around two million Swiss francs, but finding a buyer is uncertain.

Before it can go on display, the aircraft must be moved from Zurich to Lucerne. The jet weighs roughly 125 tonnes. Swiss CEO Jens Fehlinger said the A340 had connected people from Switzerland with the world and is part of Swiss aviation history. He added that many partners would need to work together to make the move possible.

The museum already displays several historic aircraft, including a Douglas DC-3, a Fokker F.VIIa, a Lockheed Orion 9C Special, and a Convair CV-990-30A Coronado. Swiss will phase out its remaining four A340-300s by early 2028. The aircraft are used mainly on routes to Johannesburg and Shanghai and received new cabins shortly before the pandemic. Their replacements are Airbus A350-900s.