Rolls-Royce's Trent XWB engines have run for the first time on the A350 XWB (MSN1) following the start-up of the auxiliary power unit (APU), as part of the preparations for the aircraft's maiden ...

The aircraft is the first of 16 A350-900s to be delivered to EgyptAir as part of the airline’s wider fleet modernisation ...

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Airbus and Rolls-Royce to brief airlines on the Cathay Pacific A350 engine incident; regulators to decide on global inspections. Hong Kong probe reveals a punctured fuel pipe in XWB-97 engines; Cathay ...

Airbus has installed on the first flight-test A350 XWB (MSN001) its two flight-ready Rolls-Royce Trent XWB engines and is also installing the new Honeywell HGT1700 auxiliary power unit (APU) at Airbus ...

The race is on to crown Rolls-Royce's most iconic engine. Will it be the legendary Merlin or the cutting-edge Trent XWB? The ...

For the Trent XWB-75, XWB-79 and XWB-84 engines, EASA has ordered inspections within 30 days, with subsequent checks at intervals of not more than 2,000h. EASA’s earlier directive called for older XWB ...

Rolls-Royce could introduce performance upgrades to the Trent XWB-97 for the Airbus A350-1000 within two to three years as the manufacturer seeks to enhance the “availability, efficiency and ...

Discover the striking differences between the A350-900 and A350-1000.

LONDON (Reuters) - The chief executive of Rolls-Royce , which is under pressure to fix problems with its Trent 1000 engines, said that so far those issues did not extend to its other engines, the ...

Comparing the power of the most popular 777 variant against that of the most popular A350 variant to observe how technology has progressed.

The aircraft is the first of 16 A350-900s ordered by EgyptAir and is set to play a central role in expanding the airline’s ...