When Airbus launched the A350 XWB program in the mid-2000s, it wanted to build not just another widebody jet, but a flagship capable of challenging the Boeing 787 and Boeing 777 families. To achieve ...
A closer look at a match made in aviation heaven.
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 ...
CHICAGO, Feb 13 (Reuters) - United Airlines has ⁠injected ⁠new uncertainty into its long-delayed Airbus A350 ⁠order after disclosing a dispute with engine maker Rolls-Royce, the latest twist in one of ...
Airbus has completed installation of the first Rolls-Royce Trent XWB flight-test engine on the A380 “flying-testbed” aircraft (MSN 001). The aircraft is seen here at Airbus’ Jean-Luc Lagardère site in ...