Analysis: The Facts & Figures That Make The Airbus BelugaXL Such An Impressive Freighter

The Airbus A300-600ST (Super Transporter), or Beluga as most people know it, is an oversized cargo aircraft used to transport large airplane parts, such as wings and fuselage sections, to their final point of assembly. Globally, Airbus has over 20 factories manufacturing aircraft parts that must be shipped to final assembly lines to assemble a complete aircraft.