Airbus BelugaXL

Airbus SAS

Airbus BelugaXL aircraft
Airbus SASAirbus BelugaXL
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About

The Beluga done again on the larger A330, with a hold wide enough to take two A350 wings side by side where the original could manage one. Six were built to replace the five originals. No type certificate for it is reachable — the FAA's regulatory system is closed to us and EASA never held the type — so this entry carries its history but none of the certified weights the rest of the library is built on. The weights are Airbus's, from the A330-700L airport-planning document, weight variant WV000. Airbus publishes no cruise performance for this aeroplane.

Weightscompared to Airbus A380-800

MRW (Maximum Ramp Weight)

227,900kg
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577k

MTOW (Maximum Takeoff Weight)

227,000kg
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575k

MLW (Maximum Landing Weight)

187,000kg
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395k

MZFW (Maximum Zero Fuel Weight)

178,000kg
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369k

Empty Weight

127,500kg
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280k

Engine Specifications

Engine Count

2×

Production & History

Total Produced

6

Production Status

Out of production

Manufacturing Period

2016–2023

First Flight

July 19, 2018