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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.
Its new fuselage is 6.9 m (23 ft) longer and 1.7 m (5 ft 7 in) wider than the original BelugaST, and it can lift a payload 6 t (5.9 long tons; 6.6 short tons) heavier. [27] Its aft section is based on the A330-300 , while its forward is based on the A330-200 for centre of gravity reasons, and the reinforced floor and structure is derived from ...
The section covers all the airline's Airbus A320 fleet and Airbus A350 Fleet. Engineers based here support the Terminal 5 maintenance team, the section is known as the FSU or (Fleet Support Unit). TBC: Engineering's main headquarters offices are on the tenth floor, and is where most support engineers and senior managers are based as are ...
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An Emirates Airbus A380 approaching Heathrow Airport's runway 27L in 2024 over Myrtle Avenue A view of the airport from Myrtle Avenue, July 2020. Visible in the centre of the image is Concorde G-BOAB, which has been preserved at the airport since its last flight to Heathrow in 2000.
On 22 November 2003, shortly after takeoff from Baghdad, Iraq, an Airbus A300B2-200F cargo plane, registered OO-DLL and owned by the Belgian division of European Air Transport (doing business as DHL Express), was struck on the left wing by a surface-to-air missile while on a scheduled flight to Muharraq, Bahrain. [1]
Airbus A320 in 2003 Airbus A321 in 2003. British Mediterranean Airways was established as a limited company in 1994 by a group of private investors led by Lord Hesketh. [9] It began operations on 28 October that year. [citation needed] The airline operated the Airbus A320 from London Heathrow to Beirut, Lebanon. [9]
An Airbus A300 Beluga takes off from Hawarden in January 2007, carrying aircraft wings to Germany The company became part of Hawker Siddeley Aviation in the 1960s and the production of the Hawker Siddeley HS125 business jet, designed by de Havilland as the DH.125, became the main aircraft type produced by the factory for nearly forty years.