Conviasa receives new A340-300

On the last day of 2020, Conviasa took delivery of its second Airbus A340-300 (msn 199). On that day the aircraft arrived at Caracas-Simón Bolívar International Airport after maintenance in Tehran, Iran.

The aircraft is registered in Venezuela as YV3507. This is already its third Venezuelan registration, because before it was delivered to Conviasa it flew for Avior Airlines as YV3292, between 2016 and 2020. It was acquired by Conviasa in the summer of 2020 and was temporarily registered as YV643T, before it became YV3507.

It was originally delivered from Toulouse-Blagnac to Air China as B-2386, where it flew from 1997 until 2013 (with a short lease between 1999 and 2001 to Cathay Pacific Airways, as B-HMY), after which it was placed in storage at Lourdes-Tarbes.

It is the second A340 in Conviasa’s fleet, as it joins Airbus A340-200 YV1004. This is a far more exotic aircraft as it is the only A340-200 in commercial passenger service today.

Photo of A340-200 YV1004, courtesy of AirwaysMag.com