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India’s Kingfisher Airlines has become a major customer for the Rolls-Royce Trent engine series following order announcements, for ten A340-500 aircraft and twenty A350 aircraft. The ultra long-range A340 four-engined jets are powered exclusively by Rolls-Royce Trent 500 engines and A350 aircraft are powered by Trent XWB engines.



"The Trent family has an outstanding pedigree which combines latest technologies with reliability and excellent operating efficiency."Jet Airways is the 1st Indian carrier to operate the Rolls-Royce Trent 700 powered A330 aircraft.



There are almost 120 V2500-powered Airbus A319, A320 and A321 aircraft in service in India with more on order.NACIL, formerly Indian Airlines was a launch customer in 1989 for the International Aero Engines (IAE) V2500-A1 engine in which Rolls-Royce is a major partner. The airline is still operating 46 V2500-A1 powered A320 aircraft.



Simplifly Deccan, India’s first low-cost carrier, began operating its fleet of A320 aircraft with V2500-A5 engines in August 2004. Since then the airline has announced several orders for the V2500-A5 powered A320 aircraft, supported by a long-term Fleet Hour Agreement maintenance support contract. The airline is eventually scheduled to have 60 aircraft. Recently Kingfisher Airlines has taken a major stake in the airline.



The V2500-A5 engine has also been selected by Kingfisher Airlines to power the carrier's fleet of Airbus A319, A320 and A321 aircraft, the airline currently has 25 aircraft in service, with a further 22 aircraft on order.



IndiGo, the Delhi-based low-cost start-up airline, has also selected the V2500-A5 to power a fleet of 100 Airbus A320 family aircraft. It is the single biggest firm order ever received by IAE. Since Entry into Service in August the airline has seen rapid growth going from one aircraft to 18 aircraft.



IndiGo is the launch customer for V2500Select™, a combined engine upgrade and aftermarket support programme, which improves fuel burn, reduces operating costs and offers time-on-wing improvements. Engine upgrades are planned to be released to production in 2008 and will be retrofittable to the in-service fleet.


Customers
Our wide range of customers in India include:

– Kingfisher Airlines
– Jet Airways
– NACIL
– Simplify Deccan
– Deccan Aviation
– IndiGo
– GoAir
– Pawan Hans

We also support and service the needs of customers in the neighbouring countries of Sri Lanka, Bangladesh and Nepal.

Demand
There is huge demand for more civil aircraft of all types from both State owned airlines and the rapidly growing private airlines.

Open Skies, bilateral free trade agreements and deregulation are all helping the growth of civil aviation.

Some 70 Rolls-Royce-powered helicopters are deployed in a variety of civilian roles and a growing number of Rolls-Royce-powered corporate jets are in service.

Repair & overhaul
NACIL has a fully-capable, US Federal Aviation Authority approved, V2500-A1 repair and overhaul facility at the Jet Engine Overhaul Complex at the International Airport in New Delhi.
 


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