Using one of its A300-600STs, Airbus Beluga Transport (BCO, Toulouse Blagnac) has operated its first cargo flight to the United States after securing a Foreign Air Carrier Permit (FACP) earlier this year.

The freight carrier transported an Eutelsat 36D satellite on March 11 using F-GSTF (msn 796). It is the third time the European manufacturer has delivered an Airbus geostationary satellite to the Kennedy Space Center in Florida but the first with Airbus Beluga Transport as an independent start-up cargo specialist….

Source: ch aviation
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