Airbus would put aside a small budget of 1 billion euros for the project, for development and production. they would call the project the A330-743L, or Beluga XL! The Beluga XL cargo bay is 6 m ...

But they have been phased out in recent years by the arrival of the Beluga XL fleet. This aircraft made its maiden flight on 19 July 2018 and entered service with Airbus Transport on 9 January 2020.

The Beluga XL1 was flying from Hamburg in ... the ground until the weather conditions have improved." The Airbus BelugaXL (A330-743L) is based on the Airbus A330-200F built by Airbus to replace ...