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NewsLast BelugaXL enters service
BelugaXL. Photo: AirbusThe last of six Airbus BelugaXLs has now entered service with Airbus Transport International (ATI) after serving as the programme’s test aircraft since 2018.Through operations with Airbus subsidiary ATI, which has been Airbus' internal airline since 1996, these aircraft carry sub-assemblies and components between Airbus’ European manufacturing sites.Based ...
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Airbus rolls out sixth and final BelugaXL transport
Airbus has rolled out the sixth and final example of its BelugaXL high-capacity transport, designed to fly aerostructures between the airframer’s manufacturing facilities.The BelugaXL – formally designated the A330-700L – is a heavily-modified A330, developed to replace the older A300-600ST Beluga fleet.Airbus operated five Belugas and originally intended to build ...
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InsightsBelugas make a splash as they hit the air cargo market
Airbus Beluga Transport enters the commercial market at a time when outsize capacity is at its tightest, with demand surging and the availability of the global AN-124 fleet curtailed, writes David Kershaw, editor of Air Cargo News' sister title Heavy Lift and Project Forwarding International.Based on the A300-600 design, the ...
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BelugaXL set for transatlantic flying?
Airbus is to seek extended twin-engined operations (ETOPS) approval for the BelugaXL outsize transporter, in order to support commercial services involving overwater flights.Three BelugaXLs, based on the A330, have been built, the most recent introduced in October 2020. Another three will be manufactured, the last two of which will have ...