Airbus A350 XWB launches with Rolls-Royce
The Board of Directors of EADS has given Airbus the go-ahead for the industrial launch of the A350 XWB family, a medium capacity long-range extra wide-body aircraft. Entry into service of the first A350 XWB is planned for 2013.
The A350 XWB will be available in three basic passenger versions, the A350-800 which can fly 270 passengers up to 15,750km, the A350-900 seating 314, and the A350-1000 which is designed for 350, both with ranges of up to 15,400km. The three passenger versions have a cruise speed of Mach 0.85.
Specialist variants are the ultra long-range A350-900R and freighter version, the A350-900F.
Rolls-Royce has signed a commercial and technical agreement with Airbus under which a next-generation
The Trent XWB will provide a range of thrusts from 75,000lb to 95,000lb to power all versions of the A350 XWB using the same three-shaft architecture as its
Register now to continue reading
Thanks for visiting The Engineer. You’ve now reached your monthly limit of news stories. Register for free to unlock unlimited access to all of our news coverage, as well as premium content including opinion, in-depth features and special reports.
Benefits of registering
-
In-depth insights and coverage of key emerging trends
-
Unrestricted access to special reports throughout the year
-
Daily technology news delivered straight to your inbox
Experts speculate over cause of Iberian power outages
The EU and UK will be moving towards using Grid Forming inverters with Energy Storage that has an inherent ability to act as a source of Infinite...