It is the gargantuan aircraft that causes delight among plane spotters and is a rare sight indeed - the Beluga XL plane.

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

“I believe the lengthy internal procedures to permit new cargo types on the aircraft and high charter costs prevented ABT ...

Once it safely landed in Birmingham on Wednesday, airport workers and plane enthusiasts were given the rare chance to see a Beluga XL up close. The Beluga XL1 was flying from Hamburg in Germany to ...

Imagine a massive high-tech helium balloon that stretches well over an NFL football field in length, has more cargo capacity ...

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 ...

Plane spotters in the West Midlands were treated this week as a giant Airbus Beluga XL plane was forced to land at Birmingham Airport.

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.

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 ...

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 ...

A giant cargo plane was forced to abort landing in North Wales due to the weather. The Beluga XL1 was flying from Hamburg in Germany to Airbus Broughton in Flintshire - with it scheduled to land at ...