DUBAI, June 17 (Reuters) - Startup Riyadh Air has signed a deal with Rolls-Royce for 116 Trent XWB-97 engines that will power its Airbus large wide-body fleet, the Saudi airline said on Tuesday.
The company said in a statement that the deal, which was signed at the Paris Airshow, was worth several billion dollars, without providing a specific figure.
The engines will power 50 Airbus A350-1000 jets, Riyadh Air said, after the airline signed a deal on Monday to buy 25 of the jets with an option for 25 more.
Riyadh Air is set to commence operations later this year and its fleet orders amount to 182 aircraft across three fleet types. (Reporting by Federico Maccioni, editing by Emelia Sithole-Matarise)
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