Rolls-Royce Trent XWB-97 receives certification

The Rolls-Royce Trent XWB-97 has received formal flight certification from the European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA), leading the way to the engine entering into service later this year. Certification of the 97,000lb thrust engine, which will exclusively power the Airbus A350-1000, builds on the success of the 84,000lb thrust version of the Trent XWB, which Rolls-Royce maintains has delivered exceptional levels of performance since it entered passenger service in 2015, powering the Airbus A350-900. The news comes less than a week after the Trent 1000 TEN engine, which will power all variants of the Boeing 787 Dreamliner, received a similar