Airbus wants a piece of the action and is coming ... To achieve this, it plans to increase its current fleet of 18 cargo aircraft (10 A330-200F; 8 B777F) to 44 aircraft by 2033.

Since it's based on the Airbus A330-200F freighter, the BelugaXL is larger, with greater cargo capacity, and is expected to deliver superior performance than its predecessor. Here's a closer look ...