Meet the 6th and final Beluga XL
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??Airbus has just unveiled its sixth and final BelugaXL, getting ready to support outsized cargo operations. This super-sized airplane is utilized by the European manufacturer for transporting aircraft components between production sites in Europe and its final assembly lines in Toulouse, Hamburg and Tianjin (China).
??Based on an A330-200 Freighter, and with a length of 63.1 meters and a height of 18.9 meters, it can carry a set of A350XWB wings or the largest fuselage section with “room to spare”.
??The BelugaXL programme was launched to replace the BelugaST fleet. The very first model?performed its maiden flight in 2018, and received the type certification in November 2019 from the European Union Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) airworthiness authority.