Beached whales: Airbus grounds its Beluga cargo flights

Reading it properly, they'll still ferry parts between their sites (Tolouse, Hamburg, where else?) using a version of the plane, they're just stopping the commercial cargo service.

Although afaik they were built to fit A380 parts, but since they've stopped making them, I wonder if they still need Belugas.

One time one of these flights took a non-routine route and flew near where I lived, I noticed a plane with a different noise profile, I can't remember if I spotted it in the air or I just saw what model it was on ADSB-Exchange.

> "The main challenge was the significant operational difficulties" because the plane required specially trained teams and loading equipment, she said.

Does it mean they don't want to invest in training and equipment, or it just isn't worth it?