India's Aircraft Accident Investigation Bureau (AAIB) has begun its investigation into the cause of the crash of an Air India ...

As the successor to the original Airbus Beluga, the Beluga XL is now the world’s largest cargo plane, capable of transporting parts and equipment that most commercial freighters cannot handle.

Indian airline IndiGo said on Sunday it had signed an order for 30 more Airbus A350-900s, bringing its shopping list for the widebody aircraft from the European aircraft manufacturer to 60. "We are ...

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 ...

This has no impact on Beluga XL flights. It is reported that the four A300-600ST Belugas in the AiBT fleet will transfer to Airbus Transport International (ATI), which operates the Beluga XL fleet.

Airbus A300-600ST-Beluga, preparing to land at Hawarden Airport, Flintshire. (Image: Robert Parry-Jones) Airbus has suspended all flights of the Beluga ST after terminating its cargo business.

Airbus began replacing its first generation of planes, BelugaSTs, with the even larger Beluga XLs based on the A330 in 2019. The latter continue to ferry parts between Airbus sites.

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.

Airbus A-300-600ST Super Transport also known as Beluga Airbus takes off from Kolkata Airport today after a crew rest stop. Only 5 such aircrafts have been built and are running in the entire world.

The Beluga XL, specifically, has the capacity to carry both wings of an Airbus A350 jetliner. It is larger than its predecessor, Beluga ST, in size.