A Trent XWB engine. Rolls-Royce In Roll-Royce’s Trent engines , like those on Airbus A350s, there’s also an intermediate-pressure turbine, in between the high- and low-pressure turbines.

The Airbus A350 operates the longest commercial flight in the world, flying nearly 9,000 nautical miles. Airbus is developing an Ultra-Long-Range version of the A350-1000 for Qantas' Project Sunrise.

Airbus failed to persuade General Electric, the world’s biggest jet-engine maker, to build a new turbine for the planned A350 XWB airliner in a setback for the European planemaker’s most ...

Aviation Week’s Commercial Fleet & MRO Forecast data indicates that there are 1,024 Trent XWB units in service this year, comprising XWB-84K engines on the A350-900 and the XWB-97K on the A350-1000.

Inside the 48-foot-high room technicians let me stand a few dozen feet away from a powerful 8-ton Rolls-Royce Trent XWB turbofan jet engine ... They’re making sure everything is “working in ...

As airlines gear up for the peak summer travel season, some vacations may take a detour due to problems with Rolls-Royce engines on Boeing 787 Dreamliners. The failure of compressor blades in two ...

The UK engine maker is working on stage-wise improvements that lift the durability of the XWB engine powering the Airbus SE A350-1000 jet.

These are powered by the XWB-97, Rolls' largest civil jet engine. Cathay operates 18 of the largest twin-engined Airbus planes as part of a mixed fleet of Airbus and Boeing jets.

It will seat 270 passengers in a three-class configuration, and fly with Rolls-Royce Trent XWB engines providing 74,000 pounds of thrust each. It will have a range of 8,500 nautical miles.