It mainly transports aircraft parts between Airbus’ manufacturing facilities spread throughout Europe. Now, a new version of the Beluga is replacing the original fleet, which has gone on to ...

The Airbus Beluga XL is not your typical aircraft; it’s a flying giant designed to carry the largest and heaviest components of the aerospace industry. As the successor to the original Airbus Beluga, ...

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 ...

The Beluga stands 62 feet tall with a wingspan of 197 feet — making it much larger than its predecessor. According to Airbus, it lowered the cockpit and redeveloped the rear end, cargo bay ...

Here’s how it works. Satellites watched as an absolutely massive Airbus Beluga aircraft unloaded a satellite at NASA's Kennedy Space Center (KSC) in Florida ahead of a planned SpaceX launch.

both Boeing and Airbus decided to create special freighter aircraft, the Boeing LCF Dreamlifter and the Airbus Beluga XL, that could accommodate their cargo requirements to build some of the most ...