Okay, but what is in it for the airline in terms of selling points ?
Why would they prefer the A340 to the 777 (genuine and not rhetorical question).
To put it another way. Of the various large carrier airlines in the US flying both trans-atlantic and trans-pacific, the majority of every fleet seems to comprise of twins with a scattering of 747s.
What was Airbuses thinking behind bringing out a 4 engined jet in this market? I'm not claiming there isn't any, i'm just wondering what it was.