{"id":17136,"date":"2022-01-27T11:00:00","date_gmt":"2022-01-27T05:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/?p=17136"},"modified":"2022-01-26T23:21:07","modified_gmt":"2022-01-26T17:51:07","slug":"airbus-to-launch-new-oversized-cargo-service-using-belugast-fleet","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/index.php\/2022\/01\/27\/airbus-to-launch-new-oversized-cargo-service-using-belugast-fleet\/","title":{"rendered":"Airbus to launch new oversized cargo service using BelugaST fleet"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-drop-cap\"><strong>The European manufacturer Airbus  announced the launch of a new air cargo service using its fleet of oversized\u00a0BelugaST\u00a0aircraft, known for their distinctive whale-like shape.<\/strong> <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>However it normally uses its Beluga aircraft to transport parts of its own airliners between production sites.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"681\" src=\"https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Marignane-loading-phase-Beluga-Transport-outboard-platform-e1643118886951-1024x681-1.jpg\" alt=\"The European manufacturer Airbus  announced the launch of a new air cargo service using its fleet of oversized\u00a0BelugaST\u00a0aircraft\" class=\"wp-image-17138\" srcset=\"https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Marignane-loading-phase-Beluga-Transport-outboard-platform-e1643118886951-1024x681-1.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Marignane-loading-phase-Beluga-Transport-outboard-platform-e1643118886951-1024x681-1-600x399.jpg 600w, https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Marignane-loading-phase-Beluga-Transport-outboard-platform-e1643118886951-1024x681-1-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Marignane-loading-phase-Beluga-Transport-outboard-platform-e1643118886951-1024x681-1-768x511.jpg 768w, https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Marignane-loading-phase-Beluga-Transport-outboard-platform-e1643118886951-1024x681-1-750x499.jpg 750w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The new role for the company\u2019s five&nbsp;BelugaST&nbsp;aircraft comes as Airbus is replacing them with six new-generation&nbsp;BelugaXL&nbsp;aircraft. Once Airbus has commissioned all the new&nbsp;BelugaXLs, the&nbsp;BelugaST&nbsp;fleet will sit within a separate subsidiary with its own air operator certificate (AOC).&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>The\u00a0<strong>BelugaST<\/strong>\u00a0can accommodate cargo of up to <strong>7.1 meter in width and 6.7 m in height, <\/strong>Airbus said in a statement on January 25, 2022. <\/li><li>The manufacturer is also testing out <strong>new loading techniques<\/strong> and equipment\u00a0to\u00a0maximize turnaround capability for new customers.\u00a0<\/li><li>It said it expects customers from a variety of sectors, such as <ul><li><em>space, energy, <\/em><\/li><li><em>military, aeronautic<\/em><\/li><li><em> and also humanitarian sectors, for the new cargo service.\u00a0\u00a0<\/em><\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-verse has-text-align-center\">The first mission for the new service, <strong>Airbus Beluga Transport<\/strong>, involved the delivery of an Airbus helicopter from\u00a0<strong>Marignane<\/strong>\u00a0in France to Kobe, Japan at the end of 2021.\u00a0\u00a0<\/pre>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"664\" src=\"https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/airbus-releases-belugast-into-the-wild-all-willing-and-able-can-now-use-one_2-1024x664.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-17140\" srcset=\"https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/airbus-releases-belugast-into-the-wild-all-willing-and-able-can-now-use-one_2-1024x664.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/airbus-releases-belugast-into-the-wild-all-willing-and-able-can-now-use-one_2-600x389.jpg 600w, https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/airbus-releases-belugast-into-the-wild-all-willing-and-able-can-now-use-one_2-300x195.jpg 300w, https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/airbus-releases-belugast-into-the-wild-all-willing-and-able-can-now-use-one_2-768x498.jpg 768w, https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/airbus-releases-belugast-into-the-wild-all-willing-and-able-can-now-use-one_2-750x486.jpg 750w, https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/airbus-releases-belugast-into-the-wild-all-willing-and-able-can-now-use-one_2-1140x739.jpg 1140w, https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/airbus-releases-belugast-into-the-wild-all-willing-and-able-can-now-use-one_2.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-style-large is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p><strong><em>\u201cThe Beluga\u2019s wider cross-section will open up new markets and new logistical possibilities for customers<\/em><\/strong>&#8220;<\/p><cite>Phillippe Sabo, Head of ATI and Air Oversize Transport at Airbus, said in the statement<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/mobile.twitter.com\/boeing\/status\/1485580513956057095\">See Tweet Here<\/a> <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"629\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/IMG_20220126_231133-629x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-17141\" srcset=\"https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/IMG_20220126_231133-629x1024.jpg 629w, https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/IMG_20220126_231133-600x977.jpg 600w, https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/IMG_20220126_231133-184x300.jpg 184w, https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/IMG_20220126_231133.jpg 720w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 629px) 100vw, 629px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-verse has-text-align-center\"><em>\u201cIn the case of loading helicopters - not having to <strong>dismantle them first - really is a plus. <\/strong><\/em>\n\n<em>Similarly, the largest commercial aircraft engines can be accommodated in a <strong>fully-dressed configuration<\/strong>.\u201d\u00a0<\/em>\n\n\n<\/pre>\n\n\n\n<p>Also read: <a href=\"https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/index.php\/2022\/01\/27\/air-india-flight-held-up-for-an-hour-after-aircraft-engineers-tiff-with-pilot\/\">Air India flight held for an hour after AME tiff with Pilot.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Stay tuned and updated with Aviationa2z.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The European manufacturer Airbus  announced the launch of a new air cargo service using its fleet of oversized\u00a0BelugaST\u00a0aircraft<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":17140,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[399,6761],"tags":[197,4700,5210,5207,5208,5209],"class_list":{"0":"post-17136","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-featured","8":"category-news","9":"tag-airbus","10":"tag-aoc","11":"tag-beluga-xls","12":"tag-belugast","13":"tag-cargo-services","14":"tag-whale-like-shape"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17136","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=17136"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17136\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":17142,"href":"https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17136\/revisions\/17142"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/17140"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17136"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=17136"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=17136"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}