Airbus Beluga
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The Airbus A300-600ST or Beluga is a specialised wide-body airliner used to transport aircraft parts and outsize cargoes. It received the official name of Super Transporter early on, but its nickname,
The Beluga is based on the Airbus A300 with an oversized cargo hold on top
Airbus Skylink Super Guppy in 1984
Side view of Beluga F-GSTD, climbing with gear retracting, 2012
Unloading the International Space Station Columbus module from Beluga F-GSTC at Kennedy Space Centre, 2006
Airbus BelugaXL
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The Airbus A330-743L BelugaXL is a large transport aircraft based on the Airbus A330-200F built by Airbus. Airbus announced the retirement of the Beluga fleet in 2025. The BelugaXL fleet will be the s
Airbus Beluga
…announced a service offering outsize cargo transportation using its Beluga fleet. During the 2010s, Airbus developed a slightly larger successor, the BelugaXL, based on the Airbus A330-200. This fleet, which entered service in January 2020, is intended to eventually replace the original Beluga fleet, which…
The BelugaXL is based on the Airbus A330-200F with an enlarged upper fuselage
Airbus BelugaXL side profile
The BelugaXL performing at the 2022 Royal International Air Tattoo.