21 June 2022, Brandenburg, Schoenefeld: An Airbus Beluga XL transport aircraft has landed at the International Aerospace Exhibition ILA, while an easyJet airliner takes off in the background. Photo: Wolfgang Kumm/dpa

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Airbus employees and fans watch the first BelugaXL landing at Toulouse-Blagnac airport after its maiden flight over south-western France. The aircraft is the first of five BelugaXL to enter into service later in 2019 and to gradually replace the BelugaST transporters. The new model BelugaXL is six metres longer and one metre wider than the BelugaST transporter it is replacing. It can also carry six more tonnes in weight. An example of its payload, is that it will be able to transport both wings of the A350 XWB jetliner at once, instead of the single wing currently accommodated on the BelugaST.Toulouse, Southwestern France, July 19, 2018. Photo by Patrick Batard/ABACAPRESS.COM

Airbus BelugaXL stands on the tarmac at Toulouse-Blagnac airport after its maiden flight over south-western France. The aircraft is the first of five BelugaXL to enter into service later in 2019 and to gradually replace the BelugaST transporters. The new model BelugaXL is six metres longer and one metre wider than the BelugaST transporter it is replacing. It can also carry six more tonnes in weight. An example of its payload, is that it will be able to transport both wings of the A350 XWB jetliner at once, instead of the single wing currently accommodated on the BelugaST. Toulouse, France, July 19, 2018. Photo by Patrick Batard/ABACAPRESS.COM

The first Airbus BelugaXL takes off from Toulouse-Blagnac airport for its maiden flight over south-western France. The aircraft is the first of five BelugaXL to enter into service later in 2019 and to gradually replace the BelugaST transporters. The new model BelugaXL is six metres longer and one metre wider than the BelugaST transporter it is replacing. It can also carry six more tonnes in weight. An example of its payload, is that it will be able to transport both wings of the A350 XWB jetliner at once, instead of the single wing currently accommodated on the BelugaST.Toulouse, Southwestern France, July 19, 2018. Photo by Patrick Batard/ABACAPRESS.COM