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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.
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.
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 −900 is designed to compete with the Boeing 777-200LR and 787-10, [215] while replacing the Airbus A340-500. A proposed A350−900R extended-range variant was to feature the higher engine thrust, strengthened structure, and landing gear of the 308 tonnes (679,000 lb) MTOW -1000 to give a further 800 nmi (1,500 km; 920 mi) range. [216]
IAE misses Airbus's deadline for firm A340 engine proposals. [13] 3 April 1987 Northwest Airlines orders 20 A340 aircraft from Airbus. [14] 6 April 1987 Airbus eliminates the SuperFan as an initial engine offering for the A340. [15] 7 April 1987 IAE delays the development of the SuperFan indefinitely. [16] 8 April 1987
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 ...
ECAM is similar to other systems, known as Engine Indicating and Crew Alerting System (EICAS), used by Boeing, Bombardier, COMAC, Dornier, Embraer, Saab, and Xi'an, Centralized Fault Detection System (CFDS) on McDonnell Douglas, or Engine Warning Display (EWD) on ATR, which display data concerning aircraft systems and also failures.