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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.
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.
As the Trent 500 engines are half the maintenance cost of the A340, Rolls-Royce proposed a cost-reducing maintenance plan similar to the company's existing program that reduced the cost of maintaining the RB211 engine powering Iberia's Boeing 757 freighters. Key to these programs is the salvaging, repair and reuse of serviceable parts from ...
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 ...
Airbus adds the SuperFan as an engine offering for its proposed new A340 airplane. [8] 15 January 1987 Airbus announces its first sale of the A340: a purchase from Lufthansa of 15 jets with options for 15 more, using the SuperFan engine. [9] 23 January 1987 Boeing offers the SuperFan as an alternative engine option for its proposed new 7J7 ...
Airbus previously considered the A330-300 and A340-500, but each required too much of the limited 1,663 m (5,456 ft) runway at Hawarden Airport near Broughton in Wales. [17] In May 2015, Airbus confirmed that the new aircraft would have a 1 m (3 ft 3 in) wider cross-section than its predecessor and provide a 12% increase in payload.
The main application for such an engine, the GP7200, was originally the Boeing 747-500/600X projects, before these were cancelled owing to lack of demand from airlines. Instead, the GP7000 has been re-optimised for use on the Airbus A380 superjumbo. In that market it is competing with the Rolls-Royce Trent 900, the launch engine for the ...
The higher thrust GE90-110B1 and -115B engines, in combination with the second-generation 777 variants -200LR and -300ER, were primary reasons for 777 sales being greater than those of the rival A330/340 series. [19] Using two engines produces a typical operating cost advantage of around 8–9% for the -300ER over the A340-600. [20]