Airbus A340 - Air Tahiti Nui

The Airbus A340 is an attractive airliner for the airlines of small island states for which the Boeing 747 is too big. One of the island airlines operating the A340 is Air Tahiti Nui from Tahiti, part of French Polynesia in the Pacific Ocean. The airline started flying in 1998. The aircraft on the photograph is taxiing at Paris Charles de Gaulle Airport.