# China Southern Airlines selects Rolls-Royce Trent XWB engines for 20 Airbus A350-900 aircraft

China Southern Airlines ordered 20 Airbus A350-900 aircraft powered by Rolls-Royce Trent XWB engines. The fan blades for these engines are manufactured at Rolls-Royce's Barnoldswick plant, which is undergoing a £50 million expansion to double production capacity.

- Type: Contract
- Announced: 2017-05-18
- Where: Barnoldswick, England, United Kingdom
- Jobs: 1,000
- Status: announced
- Capacity: 6,000 large Trent fan blades per year
- Products: Trent XWB aero engines, wide chord fan blades
- Sectors: [Aerospace Components](https://endata.com/sectors/aerospace-components.md)

## Companies

- [Rolls-Royce](https://endata.com/companies/984.md) (supplier)
- [Airbus](https://endata.com/companies/1653.md) (partner)
- [China Southern Airlines](https://endata.com/companies/20781.md) (customer)

## Sources

- [cravenherald.co.uk](https://www.cravenherald.co.uk/news/15293857.major-aircraft-deal-safeguards-jobs-at-rolls-royce-in-barnoldswick/), 2017-05-18: "Rolls-Royce has welcomed the decision by China Southern Airlines to select 20 Airbus A350-900 aircraft, powered by the firm’s Trent XWB engine."

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