China Airlines (CI, Taipei Taoyuan) has ended A340-300 operations after its last remaining aircraft of the type - B-18806 (msn 433) - conducted its last commercial flight on Wednesday, May 31. According to China Airlines, the flight was CI916 Hong Kong International-Taipei Taoyuan.

According to the ch-aviation aircraft database, the Taiwanese carrier has operated a total of six A340-300s over the years. At present, four are parked while a fifth - B-18802 (msn 406) - has been sold to the Umbutfo Swaziland Defence Force (Manzini Matsapha) for official VIP use by the King of Swaziland, Mswati III.

For its part, China Airlines is replacing the outgoing A340s with younger, more economically efficient A350-900s of which it currently operates five.