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Airbus names suppliers for its new Beluga XL at Paris Air Show
THE Airbus Beluga XL, the new version of its in-house outsize transport, will be one metre wider to eight metres, six metres longer to 62 metres for 30 per cent more cargo space.
The design is much the same as the earlier version, with its low-slung cockpit, distended cargo bay and distinctive pointed nose that makes it look like a beluga whale.
Airbus also selected suppliers to build the new Beluga at the Paris Air Show, reported Atlanta area Air Cargo World.
Stelia Aerospace will design and build the nose and cargo door. Aernnova will design and build the rear fuselage and dorsal fin.
Deharde, with P3 Voith Aerospace, will design and build the fuselage. Aciturri will design and build the horizontal tail plane box extension and auxiliary fins.
The Beluga XL with its larger size will carry two A350 XWB wings at a time - twice that of the current model.
The Beluga XL is needed to transport parts and supplies as Airbus prepares to ramp-up production of the A350 XWB and other aircraft, said Airbus.
The design is much the same as the earlier version, with its low-slung cockpit, distended cargo bay and distinctive pointed nose that makes it look like a beluga whale.
Airbus also selected suppliers to build the new Beluga at the Paris Air Show, reported Atlanta area Air Cargo World.
Stelia Aerospace will design and build the nose and cargo door. Aernnova will design and build the rear fuselage and dorsal fin.
Deharde, with P3 Voith Aerospace, will design and build the fuselage. Aciturri will design and build the horizontal tail plane box extension and auxiliary fins.
The Beluga XL with its larger size will carry two A350 XWB wings at a time - twice that of the current model.
The Beluga XL is needed to transport parts and supplies as Airbus prepares to ramp-up production of the A350 XWB and other aircraft, said Airbus.
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