Wellcome on board 35YearPilot !
That's surely a darn good first post !
And you may be the first A380 pilot in our community.
Some facts just posted on the EK330 thread.
A340-200/300 and A330 are two A/C but with the same basic design (the A340-500/600 being another story of course).
At end Aug 2009, the two fleets have accumulated the following flight hours and take offs :
A342/A343 : 11.600.000 flight hours and 1.700.000 take offs
A330 : 14.100.000 flight hours and 3.500.000 take offs
Let's our 737 flying ace do the maths !