Rolls-Royce Trent XWB

Several airlines detailed fleet expansion plans as they announced orders and commitments at this year’s Dubai Airshow—transactions that largely favored Boeing.

With lower-than-expected time on wing at other airlines, Emirates decides against large order for the A350-1000 for now.

After four days of intense back and forth over a potentially large order for Airbus A350-1000s, Emirates has agreed an order for 15 of the smaller A350-900s.

Emirates leads a long list of commercial aircraft orders announced at Dubai Airshow, but the fortunes of Airbus and Boeing differed.

Emirates Airline President Tim Clark has effectively ruled out an order for A350-1000s if Rolls-Royce does not come up with major improvements to the Trent XWB-97 engine, including a significant thrust increase.

Successful consolidation and capital increases have put suppliers on a stronger footing.

The engine shop will service several narrowbody and widebody engine types and further drives forward the MRO’s engine maintenance ambitions.

The French-Dutch MRO provider will introduce repair services for the widebody engine as part of the Rolls-Royce’s aftermarket network.

The British engine manufacturer also saw revenue growth in its civil aviation services business.

The flag carrier's order for 800 new aircraft comes attached with several aftermarket services agreement.

The equities analyst Jefferies believes that improving widebody flying hours and China’s reopening represent significant positives for the engine OEM.

Following a series of commissioning runs with a Trent XWB turbofan and after almost three years of construction, Rolls-Royce has officially opened Testbed 80 at its Derby, England headquarters.

Rolls-Royce has discovered cracks in the intermediate pressure (IP) compressor blades of higher-time Trent XWB-84 engines during scheduled overhaul but said early detection will enable the speedy development of a fix.