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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.
Pratt & Whitney delivered the first PurePower engines to China Southern Airlines for an Airbus A320neo aircraft. China Southern has 23 additional A320neo aircraft on order through AerCap, all to be equipped with PurePower engines.