Which Rolls-Royce aircraft engine powers the Airbus A350-1000?

The Rolls-Royce Trent XWB-97 powers the Airbus A350-1000.

The Trent XWB is a high-bypass turbofan family developed specifically for Airbus’s A350 XWB wide-body aircraft. The -97 variant is the higher-thrust version used by the longer A350-1000, while the smaller A350-900 uses the Trent XWB-84.

The engine’s name follows Rolls-Royce’s Trent naming tradition. “XWB” refers to the aircraft’s extra-wide-body concept, and the number identifies the approximate thrust class in thousands of pounds. The Trent XWB entered airline service with the A350-900 in 2015.

A common mix-up is confusing the A350 engine with other Trent models. The Trent 1000 is associated with the Boeing 787, and the Trent 700 is associated with the Airbus A330. Those engines belong to the same broad Rolls-Royce family but serve different aircraft programmes.