Airbus retires last A300-600ST Beluga freighter
Airbus Transport International (4Y, Toulouse Blagnac), the in-house cargo unit of Airbus, has retired the last of its five A300-600ST Beluga transporters. F-GSTF (msn 796), the youngest of the fleet at 25.2 years of age, was ferried from Bordeaux Mérignac to Chester Hawarden on January 29, 2026. It is due to be placed on display at Airbus' Welsh site at the airport, just inside the Welsh border. Two other A300-600STs are parked at Bordeaux, and two at Toulouse Blagnac. The company has replaced the aircraft with six new-generation A330-700STs. The aircraft are used mainly for transporting oversized aircraft parts between Airbus' sites around Europe.
F-GSTA/1 (655), first flight 13 September 1994, stored at Bordeaux since 29 April 2021.
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F-GSTC/3 (765), first flight 21 April 1997, still operational today.
F-GSTD/4 (776), first flight 9 June 1998, stored at Toulouse-Blagnac on 17 September 2025 and destined for Aeroscopia Museum.
F-GSTF/5 (796), first flight 12 December 2000, now at Hawarden for display.