The Airbus Beluga XL is not your typical aircraft; it’s a flying giant designed to carry the largest and heaviest components of the aerospace industry. As the successor to the original Airbus ...

Airbus A300-600ST-Beluga, preparing to land at Hawarden Airport, Flintshire. (Image: Robert Parry-Jones) Airbus has suspended all flights of the Beluga ST after terminating its cargo business.

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 began replacing its first generation of planes -- BelugaSTs -- with the even larger Beluga XLs based on the A330 in 2019. The latter continue to ferry parts between Airbus sites.

Most passengers gaze out of airport windows and see only a procession of Boeing 737s and Airbus A320s milling about. But just occasionally, something different catches their eye as one of the rarer ...

Airbus A-300-600ST Super Transport also known as Beluga Airbus takes off from Kolkata Airport today after a crew rest stop. Only 5 such aircrafts have been built and are running in the entire world.

The Beluga XL, specifically, has the capacity to carry both wings of an Airbus A350 jetliner. It is larger than its predecessor, Beluga ST, in size.

For the first time, the Calcutta airport accommodated a Beluga XL, Airbus's biggest transport aircraft. Beluga XL is an upgraded and bigger version of Beluga ST. Earlier, the airport had accommodated ...

Kolkata Airport Welcoms Biggest Airbus Beluga Aircraft With Water Salute The overall length of the Beluga XL aircraft is 207 ft, its height is 62 ft and its wing span is 197 ft and 10 inches ...

As per the Airbus website, the total length of Beluga XL aircraft is 207 ft and its height is 62 ft. Whereas, the wing span is noted to be 197 ft and 10 inches.

It is an upgraded version of the original Beluga ST (A300-600ST), offering increased capacity and improved performance. The Beluga XL is 63.1 metres long with a wingspan of 60.3 metres.