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After an Airbus A350 production increase, Airbus aimed to deliver 880 aircraft in 2019, and raise A320neo output to 63 per month by 2021; the Beluga XL fleet was expanded with a sixth aircraft in June 2019. [10] The BelugaSTs could still have 10–20 years' flying life left, and may be offered for sale, or used to serve external customers. [10]
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.
Airbus Beluga XL The Airbus A330 is a wide-body aircraft developed and produced by Airbus . Airbus began developing larger A300 derivatives in the mid 1970s, giving rise to the A330 twinjet as well as the Airbus A340 quadjet , and launched both designs along with their first orders in June 1987.
Longer and bigger than the ST, the Beluga XL is capable of carrying both wings, rather than just one, of the Airbus A350, the company’s latest long-haul aircraft that rivals the Boeing 787 and 777.
Flag of the ICAO. An aircraft type designator is a two-, three- or four-character alphanumeric code designating every aircraft type (and some sub-types) that may appear in flight planning.
Airbus A330-200 (Configuration 1) 2,137 1.34 57 62 72 98 48 56 66 78 Airbus A330-200 (Configuration 2) 2,264 1.42 62 67 78 106 53 61 73 85 Airbus A330-300 (Configuration 1) 2,088 1.31 55 60 70 94 46 54 64 75 Airbus A330-300 (Configuration 2) 2,137 1.33 57 61 71 96 47 55 65 77 Airbus A330-300 (Configuration 3) 2,264 1.42 62 68 79 107 54 62 74 86
747-400 stretch, Airbus A3XX competitor Boeing Pelican: 2002: 2657.36 tons Ground effect and medium altitude transport Airbus A380-900: 2006: 580.68 tons Airbus A380-800 stretch, postponed in May 2010 [6] TsAGI HCA-LB: current: 984.21 tons Ground effect aircraft powered by LNG: WindRunner: current: Outsize cargo freight aircraft: 108 m long, 80 ...
Airbus Beluga, a large transport airplane; Airbus BelugaXL, a larger transport airplane; Beluga-class submarine, a class of Russian SSA diesel-electric submarine; USS Beluga, a United States Navy patrol boat