A350-900 receives FAA certification

The Airbus A350-900 has received FAA type certification. The certified aircraft is powered by Rolls-Royce Trent XWB engines. This follows the A350-900 type certification awarded by the European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) Sept. 30. According to Airbus, the A350-900’s respective certifications come after completing a “stringent program of certification trials, which took the A350-900 airframe and systems well beyond their design limits to ensure all airworthiness criteria are fully met. The fleet of five test A350-900 aircraft completed the certification flight test campaign, on time, having accumulated more than 2,600 flight test hours to create and successfully achieve one of