Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Airbus' independent cargo airline flew its first BelugaST mission to the US in March. The nose-loading freighter shipped an Airbus ...

TheAirbus BelugaXL serves as the manufacturer's outsized cargo lifter, a model designed to shuttle massive aerostructures, including large Airbus A350 fuselage sections, full aircraft tailplanes, and ...

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, ...

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 ...

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 fifth of five Airbus A300-600ST ‘Beluga’ transports has flown into retirement at Airbus’ Broughton facility in North Wales, where it will be used to promote STEM to schools and community groups.

Demonstrating the excellency of the European aerospace industry, Airbus’ A300-600ST Super Transporter – nicknamed Beluga – featuring the world’s most voluminous cargo hold, will leave Toulouse early ...

There are few transport airplanes that are as impressive (and equally bizarre) as the Airbus Beluga. In the skies of the world since the mid-1990s, the A300-600-based monstrosity has so far kept 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 ...

Airbus is fully-booked for outsize freight operations with its A300-600ST Beluga aircraft this year, following its decision to market the type’s high-capacity transport capabilities to third parties.

MANCHING, Germany - 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 ...