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The Airbus A300-600ST (Super Transporter), 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, after the beluga whale, which it resembles, [1] [2] gained popularity and has since been officially adopted.
The A300 provided Airbus the experience of manufacturing and selling airliners competitively. The basic fuselage of the A300 was later stretched (A330 and A340), shortened (A310), or modified into derivatives (A300-600ST Beluga Super Transporter). In 2006, unit cost of an −600F was $105 million. [14]
Airbus A300-600 Freighter [4] A30B: AB4: Airbus A300B2, A300B4 and A300C4: A310: 312: ... Airbus A300-600ST "Super Transporter" / "Beluga" A400: Airbus A400M Atlas ...
The Airbus Beluga, named for its resemblance to the white Arctic whale, now has its own freight airline, Airbus Beluga Transport. ... “But otherwise it flies very much like an A300-600 — the ...
Due to the size of the A380, most of these parts are moved on the surface through the Itinéraire à Grand Gabarit, although some smaller parts are carried by the A300-600ST Beluga aircraft used in the construction of other, smaller, Airbus models. [1] [3]
The Ville de Bordeaux is a ship carrier which was designed to transport the elements of the Airbus A380, but now transports parts for the Airbus A320 between Europe and the USA. The ship has been retrofitted with Seawing's and eSAILs, new technologies aiming to cut the carbon emissions of ships. [3] [4] Ville de Bordeaux 2021 at Airbus in Hamburg
Largest A300 operator Finnair: 2 Galaxy Airlines: 2 Ceased operations in 2008 Garuda Indonesia: 9 13 Georgian Star International 3 Ceased operations in 2015 Geo Fly Airways 1 Global Air Transport 1 Leased from Air Stork Global Jet UAE 2 GrandAir 5 Hapag-Lloyd Flug: 9 1 A300-600 leased from Lufthansa: Iberia: 9 Indian Airlines: 10 4 Iran Air: 8 ...
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