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 ...

Rolls-Royce's Trent XWB engines have run for the first time on the A350 XWB (MSN1) following the start-up of the auxiliary power unit (APU), as part of the preparations for the aircraft's maiden ...

SINGAPORE (Reuters) - Rolls-Royce is set to build a new engine to beef up the A350 jetliner being developed by Airbus in a costly rethink of strategy for Europe's most ambitious new plane project, ...

Airbus and Rolls-Royce to brief airlines on the Cathay Pacific A350 engine incident; regulators to decide on global inspections. Hong Kong probe reveals a punctured fuel pipe in XWB-97 engines; Cathay ...

Cathay is conducting fleet-wide inspection of its 48 Airbus A350 aircraft - Copyright AFP Charly TRIBALLEAU Cathay is conducting fleet-wide inspection of its 48 ...

Hong Kong carrier Cathay Pacific has temporarily grounded its fleet of A350 aircraft for inspections after a "first of its type" engine component failure forced a flight to Zurich to turn back on ...