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 ...

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.

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 ...

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 would put aside a small budget of 1 billion euros for the project, for development and production. they would call the ...

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 increased.

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 ...