Airbus Beluga Transport has 75 employees. All employees have been informed of the decision and Airbus says it is “committed” to assisting all affected personnel to find alternative roles either within ...

Here’s a look at commercial passenger airplane crashes. For crashes caused by military acts or by terrorism, see Terrorism and War-Related Airplane Crashes Fast Facts. On August 12, 1985, the largest ...

The origins of the Airbus Beluga . Airbus has long grappled with the problem of needing to transport components around due to ...

Airbus launched a specialty freighter division to haul whale-size loads, but the business proved expensive to operate and unable to attract customers. (Photo: Airbus) ...

(Photo: Airbus) The unique aircraft’s design is based on an A300-600 and borrows features from the beluga whale, a species with a distinctive white color and prominent forehead found in Arctic coastal ...

But Airbus has now announced it is terminating AiBT - with flights immediately suspended. This has no impact on Beluga XL flights. It is reported that the four A300-600ST Belugas in the AiBT fleet ...

But Airbus has now announced it is terminating AiBT - with flights immediately suspended. This has no impact on Beluga XL flights. It is reported that the four A300-600ST Belugas in the AiBT fleet ...

with a rounded fuselage mounted on an Airbus A300-600 base. Big enough to carry two full-size helicopters of the Super-Puma type, the mega-transporter was brought into service in 1995 specifically ...

Get all the latest aviation news from Simple Flying! Designed much like the Airbus A300 with a near-identical cabin cross-section, the Airbus A340-200 and the A340-300 were equipped with four CFM 56 ...