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.

Airbus recently made a big splash with its design for the latest version of its Beluga transport airplane, and now the company reports the first of five aircraft has successfully finished its ...

The BelugaXL, derived from the A330-200, allowed Airbus to fly parts that the original Beluga couldn't handle, including two A350 wings simultaneously. The first BelugaXL entered service in 2020 ...

Airbus received its final BelugaXL freighter in July 2023, used mostly to transport airplane parts. The jet replaced the old Beluga "Super Transporter" as Airbus' airliner production rates ...

The Airbus Beluga, one of the world’s strangest airplanes, now has its own airline. The odd-looking, oversized cargo plane — a favorite among planespotters around the world — has been in ...

According to Airbus, the BelugaXL was designed to carry a full set of A350 wings at once — the BelugaST could only carry one at a time.. The giant plane can also "carry the A350 XWB's largest fuselage ...

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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.

THIS is the Airbus Beluga – the “world’s most bizarre plane” that’s able to carry a whopping 40 tonnes of the most precious cargo. The Beluga, cleverly named after the… ...

Airbus said: "At 13:00 today [Tuesday], Beluga XL5 departing Hawarden Airport was struck by lightning. "This is a routine event in aviation and the aircraft continued with its journey to Hamburg ...

Airbus Defence and Space has developed and tested a loading system to lift outsized military cargo into the Airbus Beluga A300-600ST aircraft.