First Forward Fuselage Section Delivered for Airbus's BelugaXL
Stelia Aerospace has handed over the upper forward fuselage section for the updated oversize transport
Stelia Aerospace CEO Cédric Gautier (left) and Airbus BelugaXL program head Bertrand Georges discuss plans for BelugaXL production at Stelia's facility in Rochefort, France, on July 6.
Stelia Aerospace CEO Cédric Gautier (left) and Airbus BelugaXL program head Bertrand Georges discuss plans for BelugaXL production at Stelia's facility in Rochefort, France, on July 6.

Stelia Aerospace, a subsidiary of Airbus, last week delivered the first upper fuselage section for the developmental Airbus BelugaXL, the planned successor to the Beluga-600XT. Based on the A300-600 platform, the Beluga 600XT is the swollen transport freighter Airbus developed for carrying oversize airframe components, such as fuselage sections and wings, among the different factories of Airbus.


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