The origins of the Airbus Beluga . Airbus has long grappled with the problem of needing to transport components around due to the fact that its manufacturing facilities are disper ...

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 ...

The Airbus Beluga, which shape resembles that of a beluga whale, is an oversized cargo plane and also a fan favourite among aviation enthusiasts. It has been in service for close to two decades ...

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.

It is the gargantuan aircraft that causes delight among plane spotters and is a rare sight indeed - the Beluga XL plane. Known as the Beluga because of its whale-like resemblance, the aircraft ...