Airbus is intending to keep part of its A300-600ST Beluga fleet in operation until around mid-2027, as it continues its ramp-up of A320neo production. The airframer had five of the type but started ...

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 ...

This browser does not support the Video element. UNITED KINGDOM - One of the world’s largest aircraft, the Airbus Beluga XL5, was hit by lightning while taking off from Hawarden Airport in Flintshire, ...

One of the aviation world's most hotly anticipated planes, the Airbus Beluga XL, has just completed a key round of testing at Hawarden Airport in Wales, ahead of entering service later this year. At a ...

The Beluga ST was first built to ferry plane sections between Airbus sites - Copyright AFP/File Patrick T. Fallon The Beluga ST was first built to ferry plane ...

The Airbus Beluga XL is one of the largest cargo aircraft ever built, designed to transport oversized aircraft components.

FRANKFURT—Airbus has decided to discontinue its Airbus Beluga Transport (AiBT) outsize cargo business and is storing the four affected A300-based BelugaST aircraft. The company said the decision was ...

The Airbus Beluga began as a solution to a growing logistical crisis. As Airbus expanded production across multiple European nations, its fleet of aging Super Guppy transports could no longer move ...

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The first large sections of Airbus' next generation new transport aircraft, the BelugaXL, have arrived at the aircraft Final Assembly facility (L34) in Toulouse. Following a five night long road ...