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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.
Airbus Beluga, the Beluga XL's predecessor. The original BelugaSTs were not to be withdrawn from service after introduction of the Beluga XL in 2019; a mixed fleet was to operate for at least five years, as the increased production rate of single-aisle aircraft requires the ability to move more parts. [7]
Perhaps the most visually unique of the variants is the A300-600ST Beluga, an oversized cargo-carrying model operated by Airbus to carry aircraft sections between their manufacturing facilities. [20] The A300 was the basis for, and retained a high level of commonality with, the second airliner produced by Airbus, the smaller Airbus A310.
The Airbus Beluga, one of the world’s strangest airplanes, now has its own airline. The odd-looking, oversized cargo plane — a favorite among planespotters around the world — has been in ...
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.
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 started design of a replacement aircraft for the Beluga in November 2014. The BelugaXL A330-743L is based on the Airbus A330, and has 30% more space than its predecessor. [ 162 ] [ 163 ] Like the Beluga, the BelugaXL features an extension on its fuselage top, but can accommodate two A350 wings instead of one.
In 1982 and 1983, two additional Super Guppy Turbines were built by Union de Transports Aériens Industries in France after Airbus bought the right to produce the aircraft. The four Super Guppies were later replaced in this role by the Airbus Beluga, capable of carrying twice as much cargo by weight.