Emirates President Says Airbus A350 Engine Is ‘Defective’

Tim Clark, President of Emirates, alleged that the engines of the Airbus A350-1000 are defective. He cites this as the reason why the airline did not acquire the aircraft on top of its orders during the first day of the 2023 Dubai Airshow. The executive plainly stated that, when it comes to the A350-1000, the Rolls-Royce Trent XWB-97 is quote “not doing what we want.”

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[grriceman]

Where’s the data to support the “defective” claims?

[alooga]

I recall Rolls-Royce also had issues with Trent 1000 engines installed on 787s.

[moisesgonzalez]

Data to back this claims? Most probably he can't obtain de price he wanted and now it's time for the excuses.

[PlaneSpotterJimmy]

Who else prefers the old background music?

[superfilthy]

Back here after Cathay cancelled all A350-1000 flights…

[GrenvilleMelonseedSkiff]

IMHO, Rolls-Royce have always built the world’s finest aero engines. No doubt the XWB97 will benefit from Ultrafan technology in the same way that Trent hardware helped to transform the RB211-524 engines on the 747.

[deveretempro]

Very observant Sir Tim Clarke, I never realised the engine was that far forward., now I am looking at it. Also less cycles means more down time.

[gretareinarsson]

No they are not. They just didn’t get the price they wanted plus having the fabulous 1000 variant is simply too much in addition to the 777X

[andrewdrone]

The new background music is incredibly distracting, and makes listening to the narrator almost impossible for me

[ZRHTrainspotter]

Sorry but that's pure nonsense what he said. The Trent XWB rarely ever had any problems.
I hope Emirates will get the A350-1000 soon.

[chengyoujiang]

Then why don't your neighbor, Qatar Airways and Etihad Airways, complain about the Trent XWB-97?

[Nexus_AXWB]

Sir Tim Clark was right. The A350-1000 Engines, the Rolls-Royce Trent XWB-97 are defective

[EdOeuna]

It’s a strange falling out between STC and RR considering the backhanders likely paid after ordering so many A380’s with RR engines.

[jordanalexander]

He doesn’t know wth he’s talking about, if that were the case, Ethiad wouldn’t have ordered it.

[sakethvarma]

Please bring back the old background music

[kolerick]

simple: Qatar wanted Airbus to pay for their "covid immobilized" A350, Emirates want to buy some "on the cheap"...

[lawrencepll]

Sounds like something Rolls Royce will have to pay Airbus for the damage they have caused

[castafioreomg]

Its time GE steps in with their engines

[bishwatntl]

Your background music is too loud and doesn't fit the story at all

[iceman]

I think the corrosion/cracking problem really soured the Trent/RR engines. Pratt and Whitney are not without their issues.

Most passengers are ignoring about the engines carrying them place to place.