The Airbus BelugaXL, which was originally derived from the Airbus A330-200, is a purpose-built long-haul cargo aircraft ...

The Beluga whale (/bɪˈluːɡə/) (Delphinapterus leucas) is an Arctic and sub-Arctic Cetacean. It is one of two members of the ...

It's a tough time to be an enormous aircraft these days, just ask the Boeing 747 that went out of production at the end of 2022. Now, after killing off its own super-sized passenger plane in 2021, ...

Airbus launched a specialty freighter division to haul whale-size loads, but the business proved expensive to operate and unable to attract customers. (Photo: Airbus) Airbus has shut down its new ...

Look! Up in the sky! It’s a bird! It’s a plane! It’s … a beluga whale? Aerospace manufacturer Airbus recently debuted a new cargo plane, the A330-700L, affectionately known as the Beluga. Built to ...

Airbus plans to charter out its whale-shaped Beluga transport planes – whose main job until now has been to ferry aircraft parts between its plants in Europe – to help other industries haul ...

Airbus has undertaken verification tests of a loading system intended for lifting outsize military cargo onto the A300-600ST Beluga transport, as the airframer begins offering the type for third-party ...

One of the aviation world’s most hotly anticipated planes, the Airbus Beluga XL, has entered full-time service, having made its first operational flight on January 9, 2020. At a time when jumbo ...

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