At a time when jumbo passenger airliners such as the Airbus A380 and Boeing 747 are on their way out, the Beluga XL — the first of five — will be one of the biggest beasts in the skies. You ...

Demonstrating the excellency of the European aerospace industry, Airbus’ A300-600ST Super Transporter – nicknamed Beluga – featuring the world’s most voluminous cargo hold, will leave ...

Built around the Airbus A330, the Beluga XL is one of the largest cargo planes in the world. It was first unveiled back in November 2014 and the first aircraft took to the skies in July 2018.

The Airbus Beluga XL, a massive super-transporter cargo plane that closely resembles a whale, is now in full-time service. The plane had its first operational flight on Jan. 9.

Airbus also has risen the landing strip, erected blast fences and installed new turn pads for when the Beluga XL turns around on Hawarden's relatively short runway of around 1,600 meters. "This plane ...

A BelugaXL (Airbus A330-700L) – with whale-themed paint job – has completed its first test flight. The transport aircraft will be used to carry Airbus airplane parts.

It's finally here. One of the aviation world's most hotly anticipated planes, the Airbus Beluga XL, has entered full-time servince, having made its first operational flight on Jan. 9.

Airbus has parked a second A300-600ST Beluga transport following the introduction of the higher-capacity BelugaXL. The airframer withdrew one of its five -600STs – the Beluga 2 aircraft, F-GSTB ...

Airbus also uses a fleet of barges and trucks to move components around Europe. The BelugaXL will take over for the current generation A300-600ST Beluga that has been in service for two decades.

Airbus said the move to rent out spare capacity on its existing Beluga ST and new Beluga XL transporters would lead to the creation of a commercial-cargo airline subsidiary from 2023.

At a time when jumbo passenger airliners such as the Airbus A380 and Boeing 747 are on their way out, the Beluga XL — the first of five — will be one of the biggest beasts in the skies.

Modified A330 The Beluga XL is the successor to the Beluga, or Airbus A300-600ST, which has been in operation since 1995.