Rolls-Royce displays Trent XWB and pioneering technology at ILA
Above: The Trent XWB on the Rolls-Royce stand at ILA.
The engine, which powers the Airbus A350XWB family, has delivered the best ever widebody entry into service performance and achieved 99.9 per cent despatch reliability. It has accumulated more than 1.5 million flying hours, the equivalent of powering the A350 on three round trips to the sun, since it went into service in January 2015.
A full scale engine will be featured at the Rolls-Royce stand (H2/303) and promises to be a major attraction for visitors.
There is also a strong local connection – Trent XWB engines are assembled at the Rolls-Royce site in Dahlewitz, just five kilometres from the show venue, as well as Derby, UK.
Paul O’Neil, Rolls-Royce Chairman of the Management Committee, Rolls-Royce Deutschland and EVP Assembly and Test, OE & MRO, Rolls-Royce, said: “Seeing our Trent XWB at ILA 2018 makes us all very proud. Customers and visitors are always keen to see our engines up close and we are excited by their success. The Trent XWB is not only the most efficient large aero engine flying in the world today, it is also the fastest-selling widebody engine ever, with more than 1,700 already in service or on order.
He added: “Germany has an important stake in the Trent XWB programme - state-of-the-art compressor components are built at our Oberursel site in Hesse. We also recently opened a Trent XWB assembly line in Dahlewitz and together with our colleagues in Derby, United Kingdom, we are delivering seven engines a week to Airbus. At our N3 joint venture with Lufthansa Technik in Arnstadt, Thuringia, we maintain these engines of our global customer base.”
