The choice between two engine giants powers the world's largest passenger aircraft, but which one comes out on top?

The jumbo jet is powered by two different types.

LONDON -- An Airbus executive said Friday that Rolls-Royce has identified a faulty bearing box as the cause of the oil leak problem implicated in the midair disintegration of an engine on one of the ...

Introduction -- Design and development -- Engine testing -- First flight and certification -- The partnership begins -- Powering the A380 -- training for service -- Building for service -- Delivery -- ...

Barr said the Trent 900 is "out there right at the edge of the envelope" of new engines that are lighter, more energy efficient, less polluting and less noisy. "The engine has been out there for a few ...

The Rolls-Royce Trent 900 engine has been run at a thrust level of up to 81,000 lb. during initial trials at one of the company's British test facilities. The engine will be rated at 70,000-lb. thrust ...

Rolls-Royce has confirmed an order from Delta Air Lines covering 30 Trent XWB-84 EP engines and 32 Trent 7000 engines. The engines will power 15 Airbus A350-900 and 16 Airbus A330neo widebody aircraft ...

Twenty-one A380s operated by Qantas, Singapore and Lufthansa use the Trent 900 engine. Eighteen other A380s, operated by Air France and Emirates, use a different engine. “The safety recommendation of ...

LONDON/FRANKFURT (Reuters) - A European aviation regulator flagged in August potential problems with the type of Rolls-Royce engine that blew apart on Thursday's Qantas Airways A380 flight. The ...