Flying whale

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vertical-align: baseline; color: rgb(155, 155, 155);">Tamara Hardingham-Gill, CNN • Updated 3rd July 2018</div><div class="Article__subtitle" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 16px 0px 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-size: 12px; line-height: 16px; vertical-align: baseline; color: rgb(155, 155, 155);"><b><u>CNN Travel</u></b><span style="font-weight: inherit;">.</span></div></div><div class="Article__head Article__pad" style="font-weight: inherit; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px auto; padding: 0px 16px; border: 0px; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; max-width: 634px; width: 320px;"><div class="SocialBar__component SocialBar__horizontal Article__socialBar" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 16px 0px 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-size: inherit; 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margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-size: inherit; line-height: inherit; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline;">Airbus is making a splash with the design for the latest version of its Beluga transport airplane.</span></div><div class="Paragraph__component" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 16px 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-size: inherit; line-height: inherit; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline;">The brand new BelugaXL (Airbus A330-700L) was unveiled in Toulouse, France, earlier this week with a very special paint job</span></div><div class="Paragraph__component" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 16px 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-weight: inherit;">Its livery includes a whale-style nose cone, sparkling blue eyes and a smiling mouth.</span></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></span></div><div class="Paragraph__component" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 16px 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px; font-family: CNNSans, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; vertical-align: baseline; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-size: inherit; line-height: inherit; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline;"><a href="https://twitter.com/Airbus/status/1012331515307536384?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1012331515307536384&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.news.com.au%2Ftravel%2Ftravel-advice%2Fflights%2Fairbus-belugaxl-plane-gets-an-awesome-makeover%2Fnews-story%2Fc42900a50a6be48329de03e43d7e3e58" target="_blank" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-size: inherit; line-height: inherit; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Airbus tweeted an image </a>of its super-sized transporter jet's makeover along with the caption, "Whale hello there! Introducing the new BelugaXL dressed up in its livery for the first time"!</span></div><div class="Paragraph__component" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 16px 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px; font-family: CNNSans, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; vertical-align: baseline; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-size: inherit; line-height: inherit; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline;">The smiling whale design was chosen by Airbus staff following a poll in which 20,000 employees were given six options and asked to choose their favorite. With 40% of the vote, it was the clear winner.</span></div><div class="RelatedArticle__component" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 24px 0px; padding: 24px 0px; border-width: 1px 0px; border-style: solid; border-color: rgb(226, 226, 226); border-image: initial; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-size: 18px; line-height: 20px; font-family: CNNTravel, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; vertical-align: baseline; display: flex; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><div class="RelatedArticle__label" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 24px 0px 0px; border-width: 0px 1px 0px 0px; border-top-style: initial; border-right-style: solid; border-bottom-style: initial; border-left-style: initial; border-top-color: initial; border-right-color: rgb(226, 226, 226); border-bottom-color: initial; border-left-color: initial; border-image: initial; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-size: inherit; line-height: inherit; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; align-self: flex-start; color: rgb(74, 74, 74);">Related.   content</div><a class="RelatedArticle__link" href="http://edition.cnn.com/travel/article/best-aircraft-livery-design/index.html" target="_blank" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 0px 24px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-size: inherit; line-height: inherit; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); text-decoration: none;">18 of the coolest aircraft paint jobs you'll ever see</a></div><div class="Paragraph__component" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 16px 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px; font-family: CNNSans, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; vertical-align: baseline; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-size: inherit; line-height: inherit; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline;"><h3 style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 32px 0px -16px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-size: 21px; line-height: 24px; font-family: CNNTravel, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; vertical-align: baseline;">Whale of the skies</h3></span></div><div class="CaptionedImage__component" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 8px 0px 16px; border-width: 0px 0px 1px; border-top-style: initial; border-right-style: initial; border-bottom-style: solid; border-left-style: initial; border-top-color: initial; border-right-color: initial; border-bottom-color: rgb(226, 226, 226); border-left-color: initial; border-image: initial; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; 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border: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-size: 12px; line-height: 16px; vertical-align: baseline;">The Beluga XL was rolled out of the aircraft manufacturer's paint shop in Toulouse, France.</div><div class="CaptionedImage__credit" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 8px 0px 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-size: 12px; line-height: 16px; vertical-align: baseline; color: rgb(155, 155, 155);">Courtesy Airbus / JB. Accariez / master films</div></div><div class="Paragraph__component" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 16px 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px; font-family: CNNSans, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; vertical-align: baseline; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-size: inherit; line-height: inherit; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline;">It's based on the A330-200 airliner, which became known as the "Beluga" because of its resemblance to the white Arctic whale.</span></div><div class="Paragraph__component" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 16px 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px; font-family: CNNSans, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; vertical-align: baseline; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-size: inherit; line-height: inherit; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline;">The airplanes currently carry parts for all of Airbus' planes from manufacturing sites across Europe to the final assembly facilities in either Toulouse, Hamburg or Tianjin.</span></div><div class="Paragraph__component" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 16px 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px; font-family: CNNSans, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; vertical-align: baseline; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-size: inherit; line-height: inherit; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline;">The original planes have been in service since 1994, however Airbus launched a program to build a new version with similar modifications and dimensions in 2014.</span></div><div class="Paragraph__component" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 16px 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px; font-family: CNNSans, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; vertical-align: baseline; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-size: inherit; line-height: inherit; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline;">"The need for the new Beluga comes with the increase in production rates and to get extra capacity on top of this fleet of five aircrafts," Stephane Gosselin, head of Airbus Transport International said.</span></div><div class="RelatedArticle__component" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 24px 0px; padding: 24px 0px; border-width: 1px 0px; border-style: solid; border-color: rgb(226, 226, 226); border-image: initial; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-size: 18px; line-height: 20px; font-family: CNNTravel, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; vertical-align: baseline; display: flex; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><div class="RelatedArticle__label" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 24px 0px 0px; border-width: 0px 1px 0px 0px; border-top-style: initial; border-right-style: solid; border-bottom-style: initial; border-left-style: initial; border-top-color: initial; border-right-color: rgb(226, 226, 226); border-bottom-color: initial; border-left-color: initial; border-image: initial; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-size: inherit; line-height: inherit; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; align-self: flex-start; color: rgb(74, 74, 74);">Related content</div><a class="RelatedArticle__link" href="http://edition.cnn.com/travel/article/airbus-new-beluga-super-transporter-plane/index.html" target="_blank" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 0px 24px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-size: inherit; line-height: inherit; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); text-decoration: none;">Airbus' Beluga: Giant of the skies set to get even larger</a></div><div class="Paragraph__component" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 16px 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px; font-family: CNNSans, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; vertical-align: baseline; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-size: inherit; line-height: inherit; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline;"><h3 style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 32px 0px -16px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-size: 21px; line-height: 24px; font-family: CNNTravel, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; vertical-align: baseline;">Larger capacity</h3></span></div><div class="CaptionedImage__component" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 8px 0px 16px; border-width: 0px 0px 1px; border-top-style: initial; border-right-style: initial; border-bottom-style: solid; border-left-style: initial; border-top-color: initial; border-right-color: initial; border-bottom-color: rgb(226, 226, 226); border-left-color: initial; border-image: initial; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; font-family: CNNSans, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; vertical-align: baseline; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><div class="Image__component CaptionedImage__image Image__isLoaded Image__hasAspectRatio" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 16px; padding: 162px 0px 0px; border: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-size: inherit; line-height: inherit; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; overflow: visible; position: relative;"><img alt="Beluga XL" class="Image__image" src="https://dynaimage.cdn.cnn.com/cnn/q_auto,w_288,c_fill,g_auto,h_162,ar_16:9/http%3A%2F%2Fcdn.cnn.com%2Fcnnnext%2Fdam%2Fassets%2F180703121556-beluaxl-msn1824-rolls-out-of-paint-shop-009.jpg" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-size: inherit; line-height: inherit; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; display: block; filter: none; transform: none; width: 288px; height: 162px; left: 0px; position: absolute; top: 0px;"><div class="erd_scroll_detection_container erd_scroll_detection_container_animation_active" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-size: inherit; line-height: inherit; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; animation-duration: 0.1s; animation-name: erd_scroll_detection_container_animation; visibility: hidden; display: inline; width: 0px; height: 0px; z-index: -1; overflow: hidden;"><div dir="ltr" class="erd_scroll_detection_container" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-size: inherit; line-height: inherit; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; position: absolute; flex: 0 0 auto; overflow: hidden; z-index: -1; visibility: hidden; width: 288px; height: 162px; left: 0px; top: 0px;"><div class="erd_scroll_detection_container" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-size: inherit; line-height: inherit; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; position: absolute; flex: 0 0 auto; overflow: hidden; z-index: -1; visibility: hidden; left: -1px; top: -1px; right: 0px; bottom: 0px;"><div style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-size: inherit; line-height: inherit; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; position: absolute; flex: 0 0 auto; overflow: scroll; z-index: -1; visibility: hidden; width: 289px; height: 163px;"><div style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-size: inherit; line-height: inherit; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; position: absolute; left: 0px; top: 0px; width: 299px; height: 173px;"></div></div><div style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-size: inherit; line-height: inherit; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; position: absolute; flex: 0 0 auto; overflow: scroll; z-index: -1; visibility: hidden; width: 289px; height: 163px;"><div style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-size: inherit; line-height: inherit; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; position: absolute; width: 578px; height: 326px;"></div></div></div></div></div></div><div class="CaptionedImage__caption" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-size: 12px; line-height: 16px; vertical-align: baseline;">The new aircraft is six meters longer and one meter wider than the Beluga.</div><div class="CaptionedImage__credit" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 8px 0px 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-size: 12px; line-height: 16px; vertical-align: baseline; color: rgb(155, 155, 155);">Courtesy Airbus</div></div><div class="Paragraph__component" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 16px 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px; font-family: CNNSans, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; vertical-align: baseline; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-size: inherit; line-height: inherit; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline;">"So initially there will be a mixed fleet use of both new Beluga and old Beluga. And then the second need was as well to anticipate replacement of an aging fleet."</span></div><div class="Paragraph__component" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 16px 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px; font-family: CNNSans, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; vertical-align: baseline; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-size: inherit; line-height: inherit; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline;">The original Beluga can carry the wings of an A340 airliner or a fuselage section for the A350, but isn't large enough to transport many A380 super jumbo parts.</span></div>

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Airbus unveils Beluga XL complete with whale-themed liveryTamara Hardingham-Gill, CNN • Updated 3rd July 2018CNN Travel.Facebook(CNN) — Airbus is making a splash with the design for the latest version of its Beluga transport airplane.The brand new Be…

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