Airbus May Add More Engine Thrust on A350
“Airbus SAS plans improvements to the performance of the largest version of its upcoming A350 plane that may include boosting the thrust of the Rolls-Royce Holdings Plc engines….
….Improving the performance the twin-engined A350-1000 may help Toulouse, France-based Airbus compete with Boeing Co.’s long-haul 777-300ER….
…the planemaker will brief the press on the A350 at the Paris Air Show in mid-June….
….Rolls-Royce is unlikely to completely change the engine on the A350-1000 for a different model as that would likely force alterations to the plane’s design, Clark said.
Instead, the company will probably need to alter the core of the Trent powerplants so that they extract more power from the same size fan, he said….”
Here is a slightly different take from Nasdaq /FT
http://www.nasdaq.com/aspx/stock-market-news-story.aspx?storyid=201106061420dowjonesdjonline000228&title=rolls-royce-said-to-plan-redesign-of-airbus-a350-engineft
“…Rolls-Royce Holdings PLC (RR.LN) will redesign the engine for European Aeronautic Defence & Space Co. NV’s (EAD.FR) forthcoming Airbus A350, amid concerns that the current version isn’t well suited for all models of the jet, the Financial Times reported online Monday…”
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June 7, 2011 at 11:13 am