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The American Federal Aviation Administration certified the engine for commercial operation on January 4, 2006. [4] The engine was ground run for the first time on an A380 on August 14, 2006, in Toulouse. [5] On August 25, 2006, the same aircraft, A380-861 test aircraft (MSN 009), made the first flight of an Engine Alliance powered A380.
The Rolls-Royce Trent 900 is a high-bypass turbofan produced by Rolls-Royce plc to power the Airbus A380, competing with the Engine Alliance GP7000.Initially proposed for the Boeing 747-500/600X in July 1996, [2] this first application was later abandoned but it was offered for the A3XX, [3] launched as the A380 in December 2000. [4]
The A380 is offered with the Rolls-Royce Trent 900 (A380-841/-842) or the Engine Alliance GP7000 (A380-861) turbofan engines. [153] The Trent 900 is a combination of the 3 m (118 in) fan and scaled IP compressor of the 777-200X/300X Trent 8104 technology demonstrator derived from the Boeing 777's Trent 800 , and the Airbus A340-500/600's Trent ...
The boss of Emirates thinks Airbus should make a new version of the double-decker Airbus A380. Tim Clark suggested new lighter materials and more fuel-efficient engines could make it more viable.
The main application for such an engine, the GP7100, was originally for the Boeing 747-500/600X projects, before these were cancelled due to lack of demand from airlines. Instead, the GP7000 has been re-optimized for use on the Airbus A380 superjumbo. In that market it competed with the Rolls-Royce Trent 900, the launch engine for the aircraft ...
French investigators have called for a review of the design and maintenance of titanium alloy engine parts to ensure they guard against the risks of metal fatigue following an engine blowout on an ...
The first engine was run on 14 June 2010, [53] it first flew on an Airbus A380 testbed on 18 February 2012, [54] was certified in early 2013, [55] and first flew on an A350 on 14 June 2013. [56] It keeps the characteristic three-shaft layout of the Trent, with a 3 m (120 in) fan, an IP and HP spool. [ 57 ]
A 4-foot-long tool was left inside the engine of an Airbus A380, a safety report found. The Qantas jet flew 294 hours of flights with the tool still inside, Australian authorities said.