Airbus further reduces its Beluga fleet’s environmental impact

In its continuing mission to reduce its industrial carbon footprint, Airbus has made its maiden flight of a Beluga super-transporter using sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) from its Broughton plant in the UK. The north Wales line station, which uses the Beluga fleet to transport aircraft wings to Toulouse, Hamburg and Bremen, becomes the second Airbus European site to use SAF, after Hamburg introduced the fuel to its cargo activities at the end of 2019. “This first flight by a Beluga transporter from Broughton, partially fuelled with SAF, marks an important milestone in Airbus’ ambition to decarbonise its industrial operations,” said