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The first BelugaXL to enter service was the second aircraft built, which rolled out on 19 March 2019; the first test aircraft will be retro-fitted after certification. The second aircraft (MSN1853) commenced flight-testing on 15 April, and by then, the first (MSN1824) had completed more than 140 test
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September or October. The first flight was on 19 July 2018,
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and flight-control system checks, MSN1824 was to be fuelled and ground tested. The third was expected to begin its conversion before the end of 2018. MSN1853 was to be first operational in 2019, after proving work in 11 European stations, while MSN1824 flight instrumentation was to be disassembled.
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The combined Beluga fleet rose to eight aircraft with the deliveries of the first three XLs, as the five originals stayed in service until being withdrawn from 2021. The BelugaST fleet was reaching its limits, flying five times daily, and six days per week, for 10,000 hours in 2017, while some
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flights over 500 hours, the final stage before certification. A third airframe was undergoing conversion, expected to last until the fourth quarter of 2019, for delivery in 2020. Operations were expected to start with two XLs in the second half of 2019.
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wings instead of one. Its new fuselage is 6.9 m (23 ft) longer and 1.7 m (5 ft 7 in) wider than the original BelugaST, and it can lift a payload 6 t (5.9 long tons; 6.6 short tons) heavier. Its aft section is based on the
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Rochefort on 7 July 2017. The 3.1 t (3.1 long tons; 3.4 short tons), 10 m (33 ft) long and 8 m (26 ft) high door was delivered by Stelia Rochefort in September 2017.
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Toulouse and Hamburg, on flight simulators and in laboratories, simulated flight loads on full-scale copies of specific joints between the upper bubble and the lower fuselage, clearing the aircraft for flight, then type certification.
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November 2016. Final assembly started on 8 December 2016. The first large sections: one central and two lateral rear section panels, arrived on 12 April 2017 at the Toulouse Final Assembly facility (L34) from Aernnova's factory in
207:, before choosing to modify one of its own aircraft. The programme was launched in November 2014 to build five aircraft to replace the existing five BelugaSTs; the design freeze was announced on 16 September 2015. The program cost is
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approval, allowing them to be used for transatlantic flights, typically to transport satellites to North
American launch sites. As of February 2021, tests were being conducted to gain approval for the XL's
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1539:"STELIA Aerospace livre le Fuselage Supérieur Avant du 1er BelugaXL"
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1824:"BelugaXL arrives in UK for tests at Broughton wing plant"
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An Airbus A330-743L BelugaXL during its maiden flight in
1976:"How Beluga XL will boost Airbus's logistics capability"
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National d'Etudes et de Recherches AĂ©rospatiales
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Development and production will cost 1 billion euros
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1939:"A330-700 Beluga XL aircraft characteristics manual"
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1822:Kaminski-Morrow, David (14 February 2019).
1639:Kaminski Morrow, David (10 November 2017).
1570:"Airbus receives first Beluga XL main door"
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1141:"BelugaXL programme achieves design freeze"
1070:"BelugaXL receives EASA Type Certification"
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1344:Kaminski-Morrow, David (7 June 2019).
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1218:Aviation Week & Space Technology
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1147:(Press release). 16 September 2015.
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169:Airbus BelugaST (Super Transporter)
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1209:Flottau, Jens (24 November 2014).
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375:05 Jan 2001
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2649:EC645/H145M
2644:EC635/H135M
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2619:AS532/H215M
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2598:(cancelled)
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2522:(cancelled)
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2269:(cancelled)
2096:Other types
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1955:14 November
1840:15 February
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1084:14 November
931:Airbus A330
857:Performance
842:Powerplant:
836:Cargo hold:
683:Airbus A330
591:bench tests
511:Airbus A330
244:Airbus A350
201:Dreamlifter
197:Boeing C-17
183:Development
132:Airbus A330
2868:Categories
2812:Mini Guppy
2791:Skymonster
2764:In service
2559:(proposed)
2423:Transports
2376:CityAirbus
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2244:Freighters
1891:5 February
1621:10 October
1442:5 November
1047:14 January
977:References
797:Wing area:
665:Operations
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505:Production
275:Delivered
108:2016–2023
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2596:Mako/HEAT
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2251:A300-600F
2159:Corporate
2035:Airliners
1708:9 January
1256:4 January
1176:Bloomberg
785:Wingspan:
773:Capacity:
757:Data from
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242:After an
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105:Produced
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2776:BelugaXL
2639:AS565 UC
2588:Trainers
2549:Fighters
2540:A319 MPA
2430:A310 MRT
2415:Military
2279:BelugaXL
2028:Civilian
2022:aircraft
1946:Archived
1765:Archived
1702:Archived
1615:Archived
1547:Archived
1490:12 April
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1436:Archived
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1387:19 March
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1250:Archived
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1188:26 April
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1122:26 March
1116:Archived
1078:Archived
1004:Archived
883:See also
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746:Aciturri
742:P3 group
740:and the
723:Aernnova
712:fuselage
700:A330-200
696:A330-300
691:A350 XWB
659:autoland
535:fuselage
515:Toulouse
278:Fleet #
50:Outsize
22:BelugaXL
2836:Unbuilt
2800:Retired
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