Airbus is preparing to commence flight-testing of the Rolls-Royce Trent XWB-97 engine designed to power the A350-1000.
It has fitted the powerplant to an A380 testbed, in the left-hand inboard position, the airframer confirms.
Rolls-Royce developed the upgraded engine for the largest variant of the A350, complementing the XWB-84 on the baseline -900.
Airbus is aiming to begin final assembly of the A350-1000 in the first quarter of next year.
Source: Cirium Dashboard
Azerbaijan Airlines is suspending services on the southern Russian routes to Grozny and Makhachkala until the inquiry into the loss of an Embraer 190 concludes. The aircraft crashed on 25 December while attempting an approach to Aktau airport in Kazakhstan, having diverted from Grozny. While the reason for the diversion ...
Azerbaijan’s government indicates that 32 occupants of an Azerbaijan Airlines Embraer 190 survived after the aircraft crashed near Aktau, Kazakhstan, having diverted while en route to Grozny. The foreign affairs ministry of Azerbaijan says some of the survivors are in critical condition. Azerbaijan Airlines states that 62 passengers and five ...
Italy has followed fellow Eurofighter partner nation Spain and placed a long-trailed follow-on order for up to 24 examples of the multirole jet. Disclosed on 23 December, the order, placed via the NATO Eurofighter and Tornado Management Agency, will see the new fighters replace the Italian air force’s current Tranche ...
