I t was 51 years ago that the Airbus A300 completed its first revenue flight with launch customer Air France, growing into ...

UPS will soon begin phasing out their aging Airbus A300-600F freighters. The planes have been workhorses for the company since the early 2000s.

The plane was based on the A300-600 airliner and is commonly ... but its cargo transport capacity is 30% more, according to Airbus. The giant cargo capacity is thanks to the BelugaXL having ...

With the ability to transport both people and cargo, the Airbus ... A380 was the largest passenger aircraft to date, carrying up to 555 passengers. The Airbus A300 made several innovations during ...

“But otherwise it flies very much like an A300-600 — the ... one of the most voluminous cargo holds of any civil or military aircraft flying today. “Clearly Airbus is not aiming to be ...

So, let's take a quick look at both outsize cargo aircraft and ... on the base of an A300-600 twin-engine airplane. But with these airframes approaching 30 years old, Airbus decided to replace ...

An Airbus A300-600ST Beluga cargo aircraft. The plane maker has warned it will deliver fewer aircraft this year. (Ed Jones/Agence France-Presse/Getty Images) Airbus shares sank after the plane ...

All flights operated by the Airbus Beluga Transport (AiBT) fleet have been suspended with immediate effect, a spokeswoman told AFP after a report in business daily Les Echos. The Beluga -- billed ...