Beluga XL marks 2 year anniversary at Broughton

Beluga XL arrives in the UK (Image: Airbus)

14/02/2021 Engineering and leasing news, News 2 minute read
Written by: UK Aviation News

The Airbus Super-Sized Transport aircraft, the Beluga XL marks the 2nd anniversary of its first-ever arrival into the Airbus Wing facility at Broughton, North Wales today.

There was certainly love in the air for new type on valentines day two years ago as crowds gathered to watch its arrival as the test aircraft visited the site.

Airbus Beluga XL dips her wings in a nod to staff at Airbus Filton (Image: TransportMedia UK)

Beluga XL F-WBXL made the trip up from Airbus Toulouse flying over Airbus site in Bristol and the Severn Bridges before heading up to Broughton.

The aircraft was loaded with a set of wings for an Airbus A350 and later flew them to Bremen, Germany.

To celebrate the occasion, Airbus will live stream the arrival of Beluga XL No3 tomorrow morning.

BROUGHTON | Two years ago on #ValentinesDay our #BelugaXL ? swallowed her first #A350 wing set to take to @Airbus Bremen for equipping. Enjoy this video. We will live stream tomorrow XL3's landing and loading in Broughton with insight from line station manager Andy from 09.35 ? pic.twitter.com/ycBvCbmuX2
— Airbus In The UK (@AirbusintheUK) February 14, 2021

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Aerial view of Stage 3 Flowline of single aisle in Broughton. (Image: Airbus)

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