Five Beluga ST Aircraft To build these, Airbus would actually take a half-built A300 and cut it half. Why? Bertrand George, head of Beluga XL program said, “the airframe had already been ...

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.