The powerful Airbus Beluga XL cargo airplane landed at the Broughton plant in North Wales for subsequent ground testing on February 15, 2019.

Beluga XL is considered 63m (206ft) in length in the range of 7 m (23ft) more than the Saint Beluga is a substitute. Based on the A330, it connects itself firmly in the higher structure of the cargo Bay and modified the back and the tail portion. Navy Beluga XL will increase the throughput capacity of the Airbus for an industrial network firms by approximately 30%, is told in the message of the company.

Flight checks Beluga XL started July 19, 2018 from the headquarters of Airbus in Toulouse in France. It is assumed that the actual airplane will begin regular use, moving large aircraft components between the Airbus plants, until the end of 2019.