Rolls-Royce Wins USD700 Million Airbus Beluga Engines Contract

Fri, 11th Sep 2015 05:37

LONDON (Alliance News) - Aerospace and engineering group Rolls-Royce Holdings PLC said Thursday it has won a contract from French airplane maker Airbus to provide Trent 700 engines and TotalCare engine service support for five Beluga XL air transporter aircraft.

Rolls-Royce said the deal is worth USD700.0 million and will replace the current Airbus Beluga fleet, which is powered by engines from a different manufacturer.

"We welcome this decision to select an engine that is the clear market leader on the A330 and offers outstanding performance in terms of fuel burn, reliability, emissions and noise," said Simon Carlisle, executive vice-president of strategy and future programmes in the civil large engines division of Rolls-Royce.

By Sam Unsted; samunsted@alliancenews.com; @SamUAtAlliance

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