A BelugaXL (Airbus A330-700L) – with whale-themed paint job – has completed its first test flight. The transport aircraft will be used to carry Airbus airplane parts.

Airbus would put aside a small budget of 1 billion euros for the project, for development and production. they would call the project the A330-743L, or Beluga XL!

If you look up and see what looks like a whale in the sky, don’t be surprised. The Airbus Beluga XL, a massive super-transporter cargo plane that closely resembles a whale, is now in full-time ...

Built around the Airbus A330, the Beluga XL is one of the largest cargo planes in the world. It was first unveiled back in November 2014 and the first aircraft took to the skies in July 2018.

The Airbus Beluga, named for its resemblance to the white Arctic whale, now has its own freight airline, Airbus Beluga Transport.

Starting in mid-2019, the BelugaXL will gradually replace the existing five-member Beluga ST fleet – which is used for carrying complete sections of Airbus aircraft from different production ...

Beluga XL A330-700L measures six metres longer and one metre wider than predecessor, offering 30% more capacity. Airbus says that at 19 metres tall the plane is as big as a three-storey house and can ...

The A300 is no longer in production. The aircraft celebrated its 20th anniversary in 2014, and Airbus plans an even bigger version of the transport plane – the A330-based Beluga XL – in 2019.

The Airbus Beluga, one of the world’s strangest airplanes, now has its own airline. The odd-looking, oversized cargo plane — a favorite among planespotters around the world — has been in ...