Ewen McDonald, Chief Customer Officer, Rolls-Royce, said: “We are delighted to sign this service agreement with flypop as the airline begins its operations to South Asia and look forward to supporting the Trent 700 fleet for many years.”
Hitesh Patel, Chief Operating Officer, flypop, said: “Our A330s are the first widebodies in our fleet and provide a significant expansion in the levels of service we can provide our passengers. We value this TotalCare agreement, which will maximize aircraft availability and efficiency, allowing us to provide outstanding customer service.”
Ian Smith, Technical Director, flypop, said: “After a great deal of hard work from both teams, flypop is delighted to enter into this support arrangement with Rolls-Royce, which we fully expect to deliver world-class reliability and aircraft availability. This will support flypop’s mission to offer low-cost, reliable flights between the UK and South Asia. I look forward to working closely with Rolls-Royce to deliver the expected benefits to flypop.”
The Trent 700, which has accumulated more than 65 million flying hours of experience, offers airlines world-class reliability, with a 99.9% dispatch rate and the longest time on wing of any A330 engine option.
flypop is a low-cost British international airline providing the lowest cost non-stop flights between the UK and the second cities of South Asia, starting with India. Their Airbus A330-300 aircraft will offer passengers a fully low-cost customisable in-flight experience from the latest Bluebox inflight entertainment streamed to any personal device, options for increased leg room and the facility to order food, drinks and goodies from the flypop digital trolley from the comfort of their seat.