Airbus Wins First Third-Party Mission for Giant Beluga Cargo Jet
- Planemaker deploying older Beluga models for new use
- Heavy-lifting capacity has dropped due to war in Ukraine
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Airbus SE is poised to carry out its first cargo flights for an external client using a fleet of giant Beluga jets originally built to ferry wings between the planemaker’s European factories.
The assignment with the model, named due to the resemblance of its domed fuselage to the white Arctic whale, will be performed before the end of this year, Benoit Lemonnier, managing director of Airbus Beluga Transport, said Monday.