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 ...

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 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 ...

Airbus recently made a big splash with its design for the latest version of its Beluga transport airplane, and now the company reports the first of five aircraft has successfully finished its ...

But nearly all who see it tend to agree that regardless of its name, it's one of the world's strangest-looking aircraft. Nicknamed the Beluga, it's technically the Airbus A300-600ST. The aircraft ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I report and comment on air transport’s unique ecosystem. Airbus is expanding the use of sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) in ...

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.