{"id":121154,"date":"2022-01-25T21:40:00","date_gmt":"2022-01-25T21:40:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/?p=121154"},"modified":"2022-01-26T00:44:11","modified_gmt":"2022-01-26T00:44:11","slug":"airbus-launches-cargo-service-with-beluga","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/aviacionaldia.com\/en\/2022\/01\/airbus-launches-cargo-service-with-beluga.html","title":{"rendered":"Airbus launches air cargo service with its fleet of Beluga aircraft."},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Airbus <\/strong>has launched a new air-cargo service using its unique BelugaST <\/strong>fleet to offer freight companies and other potential customers a solution to their outsized freight transportation needs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The new service – Airbus Beluga Transport – will provide commercially-contracted customers in a variety of sectors, including space, energy, military, aeronautic, maritime and humanitarian sectors, with a solution to their large cargo transport needs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The first mission took place at the end of 2021 with a delivery from Airbus Helicopters\u2019 manufacturing site in Marignane, France, to Kobe in Japan for an undisclosed customer. Beluga #3 stopped to refuel at Warsaw (Poland), Novosibirsk (Russia) and Seoul (Korea).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Phillippe Sabo, Head of ATI and Air Oversize Transport at Airbus, said: \u201cThe Beluga\u2019s wider cross-section will open up new markets and new logistical possibilities for customers. In the case of loading helicopters – not having to dismantle them first – really is a plus. Similarly, the largest commercial aircraft engines can be accommodated in a fully-dressed configuration.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Based on the A300-600 design, the five-strong BelugaST fleet, which has until now been the backbone of Airbus\u2019 inter-site transportation of large aircraft sections, are being replaced by six new-generation BelugaXLs to support Airbus\u2019 ramp-up of its airliner production.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The new Airbus Beluga Transport service can cater for a multitude of possible market applications since the planes possess the world’s largest interior cross-section of any transport aircraft, accommodating outsized cargo of up to 7.1m in width and 6.7m in height.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In the near future, once Airbus has commissioned all six new BelugaXLs, the fully-released BelugaST fleet will be handed over to a newly-created, subsidiary airline with its own Air Operator Certificate (AOC) and staff. Philippe Sabo added: \u201cThe new airline will be flexible and agile to address the needs of external worldwide markets.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

To maximise the BelugaST\u2019s turnaround capability for its targeted international customer base, new loading techniques and equipment are being developed for the operation. These solutions include an automated On-Board Cargo Loader (OBCL) for missions where a loading\/unloading platform is not available at the origin or destination airport.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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