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On the occasion of the first flight of BelugaXL, the successor of the current BelugaST, which will come into service in 2019, STELIA Aerospace wishes to salute the performance of this extraordinary new aircraft and its teams share the enthusiasm to make part of this prodigious adventure since the beginning of the program at STELIA Aerospace in January 2015.
STELIA Aerospace ensures for BelugaXL the design, assembly and equipment of the entire front end of the aircraft, including the nose-point (cockpit) and the main cargo-carrier.
The nose-tip, with its non-standard dimensions (12 m in length, 5.8 m in width and 5.7 in height and a mass of 10 tons) has was delivered to the assembly line of Toulouse, fully equipped with its electrical, mechanical, hydraulic and flight control systems, by the Méaulte site on May 30, 2017, the exact day planned two years ago.
main cargo carrier the, composed of a movable part and a fixed part (the frame), totaling 13.1m long, 8.8m wide and 7.9m high, was meanwhile assembled and equipped by the site of Rochefort, and delivered to Airbus on July 6, 2017.
Two other STELIA Aerospace sites participate in the BelugaXL: Saint-Nazaire program (forming, stretching and mechanical machining of fuselage panels up to six meters in length with very pronounced curves , piping, elementary parts) and Tunis (elementary parts).
Thanks to virtual reality, STELIA Aerospace teams were able to prepare the installation process of the cockpit systems while understanding accessibility issues and defining the sequencing of operations
Cédric GAUTIER, CEO of STELIA Aerospace, said: "the BelugaXL program once again demonstrates the ability of STELIA Aerospace to design and to realize fully equipped aerostructures, while illustrating our ability to deliver our customers on time, which is a priority for the company. "
The first BelugaXL will come into service in 2019, and will be gradually joined by four other aircraft, which will eventually replace the existing 5 BelugaSTs.
Derived from the Airbus A330-200, the BelugaXL has a carrying capacity of 4 tons greater than the BelugaST, with 6m of length and 1m
About STELIA Aerospace:
With a turnover of 2.2 billion euros and 6,900 employees worldwide (4,600 in France, 600 in North America and 1 in France). 700 in Tunisia and Morocco), STELIA Aerospace is one of the world leaders in aerostructures, pilot seats and business and first class passenger chairs.
STELIA Aerospace designs and produces front fuselages for the entire Airbus family as well as specific fuselage sections and subassemblies for Airbus, ATR-equipped wings, the Bombardier Global 7500-equipped center fuselage, and complex parts for the Airbus family. metal and composite aerostructures for Boeing, Bombardier, Embraer, Northrop-Grumman …
The luxurious and renowned STELIA Aerospace Premier Class and Business Class chairs are the first choice of prestigious airlines around the world. Design and manufacturing offices in Europe (Rochefort and Salaunes in France) and in Africa (Casablanca in Morocco) create an inspiring range. From cocooning CELESTE® to efficient EQUINOX®, there is a solution for every company and every plane. The bestseller SOLSTYS® and SOLSTYS® III offer the excellence of Business Class, while the ULTIMATE 17® offers first-class luxury unmatched. All products have been approved by the FAA and EASA and are qualified on their respective Boeing and Airbus platforms.
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