In the early morning of October 10, an Airbus Beluga XL cargo plane taking off from Toulouse, France, landed at Tianjin Binhai Airport. This is the first time that the "Super White Whale" has come to China to carry out a mission.
According to reports, the "Super Beluga" cargo plane is a super transport aircraft of Airbus International Transport, the model is Airbus 330-743L, 63 meters long, 8 meters wide, the fuselage is 6 meters longer and 1 meter wide than the previous generation of Airbus "Great White Whale" (A300-600ST), and the additional transport capacity is increased by 30%. The Super Beluga has the largest cargo compartment cross-section of any active freighter in the world, capable of carrying the wings of two Airbus 350 and the giant tail of the Airbus 380, and even accommodates part of the Airbus 330 fuselage.
Airbus' "Super Beluga" entered the Airbus Tianjin plant, realizing the seamless connection from the European plant to the Tianjin plant. It is reported that since the Airbus Tianjin assembly line was put into operation in 2008, Tianjin Binhai Airport has guaranteed the delivery of 780 Airbus aircraft and nearly 1,900 test flights.
Source: Beijing Daily client
Reporter: Bai Bo
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