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When Airbus launched its Beluga cargo airline, known as Airbus Beluga Transport (AiBT), it was seen as an ambitious move into the world of oversized freight. The idea was simple, but clever: repurpose ...

The Beluga whale (/bɪˈluːɡə/) (Delphinapterus leucas) is an Arctic and sub-Arctic Cetacean. It is one of two members of the ...

Airbus plans to charter out its whale-shaped Beluga transport planes – whose main job until now has been to ferry aircraft parts between its plants in Europe – to help other industries haul ...

The Airbus Beluga is one of the world's most iconic aircraft, instantly recognizable for its whale-shaped fuselage, hence the 'Beluga' name. The outsize cargo plane, initially known as the Airbus A300 ...

One of the aviation world’s most hotly anticipated planes, the Airbus Beluga XL, has just completed a key round of testing at Hawarden Airport in Wales, ahead of entering service later this year. At a ...

It's a tough time to be an enormous aircraft these days, just ask the Boeing 747 that went out of production at the end of 2022. Now, after killing off its own super-sized passenger plane in 2021, ...

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

Thirteen years ago, the Airbus Beluga traveled to the U.S. with a special purpose – to deliver the European module “Tranquility” for the International Space Station (ISS). Now, it landed on American ...

The Airbus BelugaST, one of the world’s largest transport aircraft, returns to Orlando Sanford International Airport, Monday, March 11, 2024, carrying a Eutelsat E36D satellite that is headed to ...

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 service for ...