The origins of the Airbus Beluga . Airbus has long grappled with the problem of needing to transport components around due to ...

It is the gargantuan aircraft that causes delight among plane spotters and is a rare sight indeed - the Beluga XL plane. Known as the Beluga because of its whale-like resemblance, the aircraft ...

Airbus has shut down its new for-hire cargo airline focused on transporting oversize shipments using the odd-shaped Beluga superfreighter because of self-described operational challenges and what ...

Imagine a massive high-tech helium balloon that stretches well over an NFL football field in length, has more cargo capacity ...

Airbus Beluga Transport has 75 employees. All employees have been informed of the decision and Airbus says it is “committed” to assisting all affected personnel to find alternative roles either within ...

The new tethered capability, now formally named Beluga-T, adds advantages such as increased flight stability and risk reduction. According to Eurolink Systems, this feature allows the drone to operate ...

A giant cargo plane was forced to abort landing in North Wales due to the weather. The Beluga XL1 was flying from Hamburg in Germany to Airbus Broughton in Flintshire - with it scheduled to land at ...

Airbus has suspended all flights of the Beluga ST after terminating its cargo business. The Beluga 'Super-Transporters' had been the planes that transported large parts between Airbus sites, including ...

The Beluga -- billed by Airbus as the world's biggest cargo plane in terms of volume transported -- looks something like a whale, with a rounded fuselage mounted on an Airbus A300-600 base.