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Key to these programs is the salvaging, repair and reuse of serviceable parts from retired older engines. [65] Airbus has positioned the larger versions of the A350, specifically the A350-900 and A350-1000, as the successors to the A340-500 and A340-600.
In 1995, Airbus began considering an engine for two new long-range derivatives of its four-engined A340, the A340-500/600. The existing A340-200/300 was powered by CFM International CFM56 engines. However, the CFM56 was at the limit of its development capability, and would be unable to power the new A340-500/-600.
Airbus decided on 26 December 1986 to offer the SuperFan as primary engine option for the A340. [5] In late January, Boeing announced that it was studying the SuperFan as an option for the 150-seat 7J7 mid-range aircraft, with the SuperFan mounted under the wings instead of the aft fuselage mounting of the 7J7's baseline engine, the General ...
A worrying sign of the A340’s imminent demise is that there are currently no airlines operating the A340-500 variant, which Airbus introduced in 2003 as the world’s longest-range commercial ...
The Trent 500 exclusively powers the larger A340-500/600 variants. It was selected in June 1997, [34] first ran in May 1999, [35] first flew in June 2000, [36] and achieved certification on 15 December 2000. [37] It entered service in July 2002 and 524 engines were delivered on-wing until the A340 production ended in 2011.
GE Aviation, part of the General Electric conglomerate, currently has the largest share of the turbofan engine market. Some of their engine models include the CF6 (available on the Boeing 767, Boeing 747, Airbus A330 and more), GE90 (only the Boeing 777) and GEnx (developed for the Boeing 747-8 & Boeing 787 Dreamliner and proposed for the Airbus A350) engines.
Allison T40 (Allison 500, 503) Allison T44; Allison T54; Allison T56 (501-D) ... Argus engines sold in France under the brand name 'Aviatik' by Automobil und Aviatik ...
The Rolls-Royce Trent XWB is a high-bypass turbofan produced by Rolls-Royce Holdings.In July 2006, the Trent XWB was selected to exclusively power the Airbus A350. [2] The first engine was run on 14 June 2010, [3] it first flew on an A380 testbed on 18 February 2012, [4] was certified in early 2013, [5] and first flew on an A350 on 14 June 2013. [6]