Airbus A350 Enhancement: Upgraded Rolls-Royce Trent XWB-84 To Enter Service Next Year

The Airbus A350 has become a staple aircraft in long-haul aviation, covering some of the longest distances in the market. The European aircraft manufacturer has continuously improved the airframe since it entered service and this trend will continue. Beginning next year, newly produced A350-900s will be equipped with upgraded Rolls-Royce Trent XWB-84 engines.
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[@bogdanmihai7106]

So Airbus pushes on ❤

[@tonydecastro6340]

That's the point: Airbus and partners are constantly upgrading their products, showing in the process that they hold their engineering departments in the highest premium. Boeing lags behind in this department.

[@PavlosPapageorgiou]

I believe it's Tim Clark (Emirates) who complained the engines required too much maintenance downtime. You don't mention that directly.

[@harstoft]

That was for the XWB-97. The XWB-84 is working great - hence why emirates ordered A350-900s

[@oadka]

Yes, which is why I'm surprised that the XWB 97 hasn't got all the upgrades

[@randomwaffler]

@@oadka Those upgrades are still in the works and are not scheduled for release yet

[@YanuBJJ]

@@oadka architecture between the 97 and 84 differs significantly hence why the upgrade package is delayed somewhat.

[@dknowles60]

@@harstoft says who

[@Jermigggricoooo]

Tim Clark can order A35Ks now after hearing this

[@SN57ONE]

I hope inibuilds does this on their a350 too 😅

[@managed9348]

Lol…I heard it’s releasing soon …early September the latest

[@valet2972]

@@managed9348they said end of 2024

[@TheFlightDeckFlyer]

my first thought lol

[@wakandafood7935]

Nah I think it will release in late December

[@valet2972]

@@wakandafood7935 yea..probably slipping into 2025 also

[@melvyncox3361]

Good move!Airbus are streets ahead of Boeing.l should think these new engine improvements will attract customers.

[@12345fowler]

Airbus : Test 2500 hot cycles for it's new A350 engines from R&R even if this is maybe a 5% change of design in this already proven engine Boeing : Doesn't test at all according to it's mission profile the whole new design of it's Starliner trust system (including the propellant for it, i.e. helium) Guess which company is in deep trouble now ?

[@winterflakes101]

🥱

[@theharper1]

@12345fowler helium isn't the propellant. Helium pressurises the tanks so the actual propellant feeds the motor properly.

[@tburton2877]

Airbus makes me feel safe

[@ramyfares9099]

They already did that with Trent 700 on Airbus A330, now they’re doing it again on the A350

[@aalvesify]

For when the introduction of ultrafan on the XWB neo? 😊

[@Wheninflight]

I like how they upgraded the powerplants on the -900, but what does this mean for the -1000? Both being the same airframe, I would hope they both have the same upgrades.

[@crysishell9226]

Different engine

[@theplanespotterguy]

Apparently -1000 will get improvements too in the engines

[@us1fedvet]

Look forward to travel aboard ITA A350 from ORD to Rome.

[@chiagozienjoku7198]

Maybe now Tim Clark will buy more A350s for Emirates

[@dmcr9525]

He will once they upgrade the -97.....

[@ronaldcuieii8639]

Airbus knows what they're doing.

[@user-nu1sq2fz8s]

Not Boeing though

[@coolsiwales]

Hopefully great news to my 30k rolls shares today lol😊

[@onetrickhorse]

You're probably very happy! Bought mine at 62p a share, so I am too! :D

[@Hyper_NexusJunisBlue]

This year: A350-941 Next year: A350-942

[@delta_cosmic]

maybe this will convince emirates to order the a350-1000

[@OmiisthatSaga_Æ]

Nope, never

[@EuropeanRailfan]

Although the video is about the Trent XWB-84 of the A350-900, not the Trent XWB-97 of the -1000

[@Choosewiselyeye]

@@OmiisthatSaga_Æyes they said there still interested

[@Choosewiselyeye]

@@EuropeanRailfanboth of them are the same

[@MySkyranger]

Some countries buy Boeing aircraft just so the US will protect them militarily. Just politics

[@jfmezei]

I wonder if this engine is *required* for Qantas project Sunrise in ters of achieving promised range, especially with closed Russian/Soviet airspace for foreseable future. That small imrpovement may be key.

[@jamestuber2024]

a380 is still the most comfortable plane to travel on

[@syahrulmufidho]

Exactly It can contain 650 passengers with all economic Premium economy seats

[@talesfromunderthemoon]

Airbus A350 v2.1

[@harstoft]

Wonder if this changes the list price of the A350?

[@theharper1]

It would've been nice to know the difference in efficiency for the A350. It sounds like the 787 engines will be even more efficient which might help the 787 compete against Airbus?

[@blegi1245]

Is that why no one is buying rolls royce for 787?

[@theharper1]

@blegi1245 about 30% of the 787 aircraft in service use the Trent 1000. Not "nobody".

[@blegi1245]

@@theharper1 now do new deliveries from this year and last.

[@johnakkman9993]

@@blegi1245 No rolls royce engine caused casualties but sure. Lets look at orders from one aircraft

[@blegi1245]

@@johnakkman9993 who's talking about casualties? The op stated that applying the same upgrades to trend 1000 will make 787 more competitive than a350. I responded that it doesn't matter because no one is buying rolls royce powered 787's.

[@ThodoreDorothy-k7m]

513 Rachael Pass

[@ThePrimeYeeter]

is this engine gonna be more powerful than the ge9x engine on the 777x?

[@soccerguy2433]

The XWB-97 is the more powerful of the two variants and offers 97,000 lbf of maximum thrust

[@phelps8120]

Nope

[@theharper1]

It doesn't need to be. 🤔

[@Frydee123]

Fun fact: the A350-1000 and the 777-9 have about the same power to weight at MTOW, 0.28 for the Airbus and 0.29 for the Boeing

[@jayvee8502]

​@@soccerguy2433GE9x still gives more thrust.

[@Sczxotts]

A350 neo?!?!?

[@ajayk154]

So Will these upgraded RR engines have any increased power too? and if YES: would these be enough for Tim Clark/Emirates - who, I recall, complaining that the A350 was underpowered and hence Emirates decided not to buy them.

[@edwardwilcox6606]

I don`t think A350-1000 is underpowered, I believe it`s got decent performance even at hot & high airports, I think Sir Tim was concerned more with the durability of the engine. For reference you never hear complaints from Qatar who actually run the aircraft on it`s performance & they use that aircraft on some of their longest routes. I doubt they up the power though if it`s enough already, just improve the metals & coatings for more time on wing.

[@user-nu1sq2fz8s]

​@edwardwilcox6606 the engines are ok

[@Manuqtix.Manuqtix]

Climb and maintain Flight Level 350 Lufthansa A350 Why am I Air Traffic Control?? God, Jesus Christ.

[@rafaelwilks]

GE always leads, and RR always plays catch-up 😎

[@johnakkman9993]

how many people died because of RR engine failures?

[@ayost7]

First

[@alexismarch8144]

S 0 t

[@AGhooper24]

First?

[@soccerguy2433]

1:43 did he really mean to say 50 Kelvin hotter? That about 220 °C hotter.

[@InsanitySep]

I also had to double check that but seems to be real :) >edit: you guys are ofc absolutely correct, the difference is relative to Kelvin and Celsius, my bad.< "[Simon] Burr explained that the RR173 super alloy [...] gives operators the option of running engines at least 50 kelvins hotter or extending service life." Source: Aviation International News Article, July 20. 2024, by Charles Alcock

[@teece900]

Kelvin and centigrade are the same, 50 more degrees C is 50 more kelvin

[@shamanbhattacharyya9285]

Difference in temperature in Kelvin = difference in temperature in Celsius

[@ricky1231]

@@shamanbhattacharyya9285 But the relationship is different Celsius = Kelvin-273.15 Or Kelvin = Celsius +273.15 degrees

[@shamanbhattacharyya9285]

@@ricky1231 how about this. Let T(K) be the temperature in Kelvin and T(C) be the same temperature in Celsius, then T(C) = T(K) - 273.15, now let T1(K) and T2(K) be two arbitrary temperatures in kelvin. Then T2(C) - T1(C) = T2(K) -273.15 - (T1(K) - 273.15) = T2(K) - 273.15 - T1(K) + 273.15 = T2(K) - T1(K), Thus T2(C) - T1(C) = T2(K) - T1(K) which is what I was trying to say in my previous comment.

[@BenJamin-rt7ui]

30% upgrade in engine performance= 30% improvement in on wing time (durability).