Scherer Says Airbus Sees Interest 'Everywhere' In Stretched A350

Jens Flottau November 19, 2025
Christian Scherer
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DUBAI—Airbus Commercial CEO Christian Scherer says the company could build a stretched version of the A350-1000 using a more powerful version of the Rolls-Royce Trent XWB-97 engine and is seeing increasing customer demand for such an aircraft. “We are not prepared to launch the stretch yet,” Scherer...
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Based in Frankfurt, Germany, Jens is executive editor and leads Aviation Week Network’s global team of journalists covering commercial aviation.

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