Militaries are hauling many thousand pounds of cargo and thousands of soldiers each year, so they need massive cargo ...

The aircraft boasts a wingspan of nearly 170 ... thanks to the C-5M's onboard fuel capacity of 51,150 gallons. The Antonov An-124 Ruslan is a former Soviet Union strategic airlifter designed ...

It has not elaborated on the reason for the closure, just three years after it started conducting charters to explore the potential third-party market for the aircraft. Airbus Beluga Transport had ...

Two years after Foreign Affairs Minister Mélanie Joly declared she was taking the unprecedented step of moving to confiscate millions of dollars from a sanctioned Russian oligarch with assets in ...

But the Liberal government has only committed to one other Russian asset forfeiture: In June 2023, it ordered the seizure of an Antonov An-124 transport ... $1 million in aircraft parking fees.

The history of military aviation is filled with powerful and deadly aircraft that have played significant roles in warfare.

With the largest cross section of any transport aircraft in the world – 50% higher and 10% wider than alternatives such as the Antonov An-124 or Boeing 747-8 – the Beluga was well suited for ...

The airline aimed to leverage five A300-600ST aircraft for transporting specialized cargo like satellites, engines, and helicopters, capitalizing on the diminishing availability of high-capacity ...

But despite its unique design, the BelugaST aircraft struggles to compete with the Antonov An-124-100 Ruslan, which boasts a lifting capacity of 150 tons, or the now-destroyed An-225 Mriya, capable of ...

The A300-600ST Beluga aircraft, which until 2021 were used to carry aircraft ... after the availability of other high-capacity types, notably the Antonov An-124, became scarce. The A300-600STs were ...