Airbus Industrie plans to flight test the Rolls-Royce Trent 500 which is being developed to power the A340-500/600 family on its A340-300 development airframe. The Trent 500 is scheduled to have its first run in the second quarter of 1999. Flight testing on the A340-300, with a Trent being installed in place of one of the four existing CFM International CFM56-5Cs, is expected to take place during 2000. Engine certification is scheduled for the end of 2000, and the first A340-600 will fly in early 2001.
Source: Flight International
