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 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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Earlier versions of the Airbus Beluga are modified A300s. The new, larger XL is based on an Airbus A330. The whale-themed livery was chosen through a poll of 20,000 Airbus employees.

Airbus is rolling out the whale-faced BelugaXL heavy-lift cargo plane to transport aircraft parts, but it won't be carrying pieces of the A380 jumbo jet.

The massive whale-resembling Airbus cargo jet known as the Beluga XL has completed testing in the UK, a key step in bringing one of the most hotly anticipated airplanes closer to active service.

It’s finally here. One of the aviation world’s most hotly anticipated planes, the Airbus Beluga XL, has entered full-time service, having made its first operational flight on January 9, 2020.

It’s finally here. One of the aviation world’s most hotly anticipated planes, the Airbus Beluga XL, has entered full-time service, having made its first operational flight on January 9, 2020 ...

Airbus is considering a series of individual paint schemes for its forthcoming fleet of five Beluga XL high-capacity transports. With the initial example of the A330-200-based jet due to make its ...

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 says the BelugaXL will undergo some 600 hours of flight tests over 10 months before entering expected service in 2019. CBS 2 Investigators Community Journalism ...