Trent 900
Rolls-Royce Trent 900 powers Singapore
Airlines’ first A380 flight to London Heathrow
Rolls-Royce Trent 900 engines powered the first scheduled
service of a Singapore Airlines’ Airbus A380 from
Changi Airport, Singapore to London Heathrow on 18 March
2008.
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For more infomation see our press release: Rolls-Royce
Trent 900 powers Singapore Airlines’ first A380
flight to London Heathrow
The Trent 900 programme
Launched in 2001, the programme has proved to be one
of the most successful ever undertaken. Every major
target set has been met or bettered, on time and to
budget. This is a testament to the organisational and
engineering skill of the Trent 900 team at Rolls-Royce.
First Trent 900 ran on time in March 2003
Engine certification on time in October 2004
First A380 flight in April 2005
Delivered to first customer in October 2007
Environmentally friendly
Care for the environment is the major driving force
behind the design of the latest Rolls-Royce engines,
and the Trent 900 is an exceptionally environmentally
friendly engine.
It is the world’s cleanest high-thrust engine,
with emissions well below all current and proposed legislations,
generating only 40% of the CO2 per passenger kilometre
of an average family car.
Despite its size and power it is extremely quiet, meaning
that the Airbus A380 has only around one third of the
noise level of previous 150 seat aircraft.
Maturity at Entry Into Service
The Trent 900 have had the most extensive Flight Test
programme ever. 4 out of 5 test Aircraft are Trent 900
powered, allowing the engines to accumulate over 18,000
flying hours, equivalent to 70 times around the globe!
For the last year, in the test phase, the engines have
been treated as if they were already in service. This
has given the technical support and operations teams’
time to learn about the engine and to support it in
operation, even spending two months on the flight-testing
line at Airbus in Toulouse to ensure a complete knowledge.
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