Five Beluga ST Aircraft To build these, Airbus would actually take a half-built A300 and cut it half. Why? Bertrand George, head of Beluga XL program said, “the airframe had already been ...

airport workers and plane enthusiasts were given the rare chance to see a Beluga XL up close. The Beluga XL1 was flying from Hamburg in Germany to Airbus Broughton in Flintshire but was forced to ...

But they have been phased out in recent years by the arrival of the Beluga XL fleet. This aircraft made its maiden flight on 19 July 2018 and entered service with Airbus Transport on 9 January 2020.

The Beluga -- billed by Airbus as the world's biggest cargo plane in terms of volume transported -- looks something like a whale, with a rounded fuselage mounted on an Airbus A300-600 base.

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) ...

The plane has now safely landed in Birmingham, giving people there a rare chance to see a Beluga XL up close. A spokesperson for Airbus Broughton said: "We can confirm that due to fog in Broughton ...

European aerospace giant Airbus confirmed Friday that it was shutting down its speciality freight business using colossal Beluga jets, resulting in the loss of 75 jobs. All flights operated by ...