Royal Brunei Airlines has selected the Rolls-Royce Trent 1000 to power four Boeing 787-8 Dreamliners it is acquiring on a lease agreement.
The newly appointed Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills, John Denham, is visiting Rolls-Royce in Derby today to see progress on the £95 million Environmentally Friendly Engine (EFE) programme, which is now entering its manufacturing phase.
The Nakash Group of America has ordered Rolls-Royce Trent 1000 engines for two firm and two option Boeing 787-9 Dreamliners in a deal potentially worth around $160 million at list prices.
International Lease Finance Corporation (ILFC), the largest US-based aircraft leasing company, has chosen Rolls-Royce Trent 1000 engines to power 40 of 74 Boeing 787 Dreamliners it has on order.
When the first Boeing 787 Dreamliner is unveiled on Sunday (July 8) at its official Premiere in Seattle, it will roll out with two next generation Rolls-Royce Trent 1000 engines - the leading powerplant for all versions of the 787.
The Rolls-Royce Trent 1000 has been selected by Hong Kong real estate tycoon, Joseph Lau, to power his Boeing 787-8 VIP aircraft on order from Boeing Business Jets.
Rolls-Royce has agreed a new TotalCare® long-term services contract with Monarch Airlines, under which it will be responsible for support of the RB211-535s that power Monarch’s seven Boeing 757s.
Rolls-Royce announced that South African Airways has signed an extension to its existing Trent 500 TotalCare® long-term services agreement to cover an additional three Airbus A340-600 aircraft leased from ILFC.
Rolls-Royce announced that it had secured agreement with Singapore Airlines to supply the latest version of its Trent engine series for a new fleet of 20 Airbus A350 XWB twinjets.
Rolls-Royce confirmed today that it had secured business worth a total of $15.1 billion at the Paris air show
Rolls-Royce has won business worth $200 million as a result of orders from Blue Wings and CIT Group for V2500 engines to power A320 family aircraft.
Rolls-Royce confirmed that the Trent XWB will power the seven Airbus A350 XWBs ordered by US leasing company, CIT, in an order worth around $300 million at engine list prices. Deliveries are scheduled to begin in 2014.
ALAFCO, the Kuwait-based international Aviation and Lease Finance Company, has placed an order for Rolls-Royce Trent XWB engines to power a new fleet of 12 Airbus A350 XWB twinjets.
India’s Kingfisher Airlines has ordered two versions of the Rolls-Royce Trent to power 25 new Airbus widebody airliners. The value of the engine business at list prices is $1 billion.
Etihad Airways, the fast-growing Abu Dhabi airline, has placed a repeat order for Rolls-Royce Trent 500 engines to power four additional Airbus A340-600 aircraft.