![]() ![]() The 777X family uses the same engine, but the -8 is already the smallest. Qantas ordering the A350-1000 allows it to punch down to the -900, although this means using the -900’s Trent XWB whereas the -1000 has the XWB-97, which is similar but different enough to have been an annoyance to airlines seeking commonality. Is Qantas looking not to have merely an aircraft type but an aircraft family? In comments attributed to the A350, and not specifically the A350-1000, Joyce says: “it also has the right economics to do other long haul routes if we want it to.” That opens a field of speculation, such as more -1000s to replace A380s, or having -900s for non-trunk markets. Is there any connection between a Rolls-powered A350 order with the eight A380s – each with four Rolls engines – that Qantas will not take delivery of? ![]() ![]() Photographer: Kiyoshi Ota/Bloomberg © 2014 Bloomberg Finance LP JAL ordered 18 A350-900 aircraft and 13 larger A350-1000s President Yoshiharu Ueki told reporters last year. (JAL) hangar during a media preview at Haneda Airport in Tokyo, Japan, on Thursday, Nov. XWB aircraft, produced by Airbus Group NV, inside a Japan Airlines Co. Bloomberg Photo Service 'Best of the Week': An A350 XWB logo sits on the wing tip of an Airbus A350. ![]()
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