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FS2002 ProjectAI UAE Emirates Airlines Dubai Shopping Festival Airbus A345. Launched in December 1997, the Airbus A340-500 offers a fuselage stretched by 10 feet 6 inches 3.19m compared with the A340-300. The most impressive feature of the model is its massive range of 8,500 nm / 15,740 km, which will make it the longest ranging airliner in the world; capable of operating Los Angeles/Singapore nonstop, for example. Both the A340-500 and -600 will by fitted with modified wings, 5 feet 2 inches / 1.6 m longer with a tapered wingbox insert, increasing wing area and fuel capacity. To accommodate the increased weights associated with the fuselage extension and new wings, the center undercarriage main gear will be a four wheel bogie, rather than two wheel. The A345 first flew in 2001. The aircraft has a wingspan of 208 feet 2" (63.45m) and a range of 8500 nm (15800 km). The aircraft is powered by four RR Trent 553 engines and flies at speeds of 549 knots / 1,017 km/h / 0.83 mach. The A345 can accomodate 313 passengers in three class configuration.