Rolls-Royce Trent 500

Trent 500
A Trent 500 turbofan mounted on an Airbus A340-600 of Lufthansa.
Type	Turbofan
National origin	United Kingdom
Manufacturer	Rolls-Royce
First run	May 1999
Major applications	A340-500/600
Produced	2001–2012
Developed from	Trent 700 fan, Trent 800 core
Developed into	Trent 900

The Rolls-Royce Trent 500 is a high-bypass turbofan produced by Rolls-Royce to power the larger A340-500/600 variants. It was selected in June 1997, first ran in May 1999, first flew in June 2000, and achieved certification on 15 December 2000. It entered service in July 2002 and 524 engines were delivered on-wing until the A340 production ended in 2012.

Keeping the three spool architecture of the Trent family, it has the Trent 700's 2.47 m (97.5 in) fan and a Trent 800 core scaled down.^[1] It produces up to 275 kN (61,900 lbf) of thrust at take-off and has a bypass ratio up to 8.5:1 in cruise.