GE Aviation, Hamble prepares for production start-up of the Airbus A350-1000’s wing fixed trailing edge package

GE Aviation, Hamble – the aerostructures business of GE Aviation – is readying its production start-up for the Airbus A350-1000 jetliner’s wing fixed trailing edge package, comprising more than 3,000 deliverable components that incorporate structural composite panels, complex machined parts and assemblies. The A350 XWB wing fixed trailing edge package is the largest design and manufacture contract awarded in GE Aviation, Hamble’s 78-year history. GE Aviation, Hamble has full responsibility for the design and build of the fixed trailing edge package on all variants, beginning with the A350-900 version – for which deliveries have been underway since 2011.