L'avionneur toulousain lance un service de fret aérien avec ses Beluga ST, habitués aux transports de pièces d'avions. Une première livraison commerciale a eu lieu fin 2021, entre la France et le Japon. Pendant ce temps, au sein d'Airbus, le Beluga ST est remplacé par le Beluga XL.
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"Airbus Beluga Transport " has just been created as an oversized cargo transportation company: by "recycling" the five A300-derived, first generation Belugas. This can haul up to 47 metric tons and, most importantly, diameter of the cargo hold is 7.1 meters - a tad more than An-124 / 225 which are around 6 meters.
Airbus did that because a brand new generation of Belugas is entering service, derived from the A330 and with a diameter extended to 8 meters.
And of course NASA is still using the Super Guppy... that Airbus used once, in their beginnings.