Trent engine makes further orders

Rolls-Royce, whilst it struggles to sort out the Qantas A380 blowout and its consequences, has, on the positive side, announced a large contract to provide engines to Air China. This brings the company’s total value of deals in the Asian country over the past fortnight to US$3bn.

Air China has selected the Trent XWB engines for the ten Airbus A350s it has on order and Trent 700 engines for ten Airbus A330 aircraft in a deal worth US$1.83bn.

The latest contract comes soon after a US$1.22bn order from China Eastern Airlines to supply Trent 700 engines for 16 A330s – a transaction that was announced in Beijing with great fanfare during a visit by British Prime Minister David Cameron. 

As regards the A380, Qantas at this point of time has put one aircraft back into service and hopes to run a full Christmas programme. www.rolls-royce.com

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