The Trent XWB remains of the most utilised engines in the world, delivering the lowest fuel consumption among its closest competitors.

Airbus has delivered its 100th A350 XWB, just some 30 months after the first delivery of the world’s most modern widebody aircraft in December 2014. The 100th aircraft delivered is an A350-900 for ...

Lufthansa's first A350-1000 has arrived with a special 100th anniversary livery, but how much paint does this livery use?

A350 around 2t heavier than target, prompting increase in MTOW of all three variants to maintain performance Airbus has confirmed to existing and potential A350 XWB customers that it has missed the ...

There’s a lot of “Xtra” in the all-new Airbus A350 XWB, or extra widebody. Extra room. Extra efficiency. Extra comfort. And a lot of extra technology. 2015 was a momentous year for the all-new ...

Airbus is confident that the lithium ion (Li-ion) main battery architecture it has been developing with Saft and qualifying for the A350 XWB aircraft is robust and safe. The A350 XWB flight test ...

Rolls-Royce has conducted a first-time run of its new Trent XWB engine for the Airbus A350 family. The engine ran yesterday on a test-bed at Rolls-Royce has conducted a first-time run of its new Trent ...

Airbus A350 XWB completed its Route Proving world tour and is on track towards Type Certification in Q3 this year. Airbus A350 XWB completed its Route Proving world tour and is on track towards Type ...

Deliveries are scheduled to begin in 2016 and will continue through 2020. Under the contract, Exelis will fabricate composite struts for the center wing box section of the A350-1000. Critical to the ...

Qatar Airways, the launch customer of the Airbus A350 Xtra Wide Body (XMB) aircraft, is set to receive its first delivery before the end of this year. On Thursday, the airline released photos of ...

Etihad Airways has unveiled its new Airbus A350-1000, registration A6-XWB, on a special inaugural commercial flight from Abu Dhabi to Paris. The aircraft is the first A350 to be operated by a UAE ...

There are millions of people taking to the skies each day, but I can almost guarantee you that very few of them give the technology that allows planes to fly, engines, a second thought. Yet, each and ...