Posted on 8/2/2018
Rolls-Royce says its Trent XWB engine—which powers the Airbus A350-900 and -1000, as the XWB-84 and XWB 97, respectively—is now well into production with the 500th-engine mark passed last month. Around 45 operators and four lessors have received A350 XWB aircraft since service entry in January 2015, said Tim Boddy, head of Trent XWB marketing.
The Trent XWB is the sixth member of the Trent family of three-shaft aero engines and is manufactured at Rolls' facilities in Derby, UK, and Dahlewitz, Germany. “We’ve ramped up rates for the XWB 84 and 97 and now we are beyond five engines a week,” Boddy said, adding that the two-million-flight-hour point has now been reached for the XWB-84 fleet, “up from one million a...