Since 2022, Airbus has also made its Beluga fleet accessible to commercial cargo, essentially chartering out the aircraft to third-party clients (although it has since closed this side business).

The Airbus Beluga, ... The original Beluga STs might be approaching two decades of service, ... “But otherwise it flies very much like an A300-600 — the cockpit is totally unchanged. ...

This has no impact on Beluga XL flights. It is reported that the four A300-600ST Belugas in the AiBT fleet will transfer to Airbus Transport International (ATI), which operates the Beluga XL fleet.

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

Airbus completed the maiden flight of its massive new BelugaXL transport aircraft on Thursday, debuting the plane in front of a crowd of more than 10,000 near the company’s headquarters in ...

In mid-2012 Airbus began introducing Beluga loading-hangars under its "Fly 10,000" initiative as it worked towards doubling the fleet's annual aircraft utilisation to 10,000h by 2017, under which ...

The Airbus Beluga, ... An Airbus Beluga ST in 2004 with its original livery, ... “But otherwise it flies very much like an A300-600 — the cockpit is totally unchanged.” ...

The Airbus Beluga, ... An Airbus Beluga ST in 2004 with its original livery, ... “But otherwise it flies very much like an A300-600 — the cockpit is totally unchanged.” ...

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