Nice summary22 Jun 2025 10:37
From LinkedIn:
Rolls-Royce, which employs more than 22,000 people in the UK and supports 135,000 British jobs, has secured orders worth billions of pounds for over 140 aircraft engines at the Paris Air Show.
The Derby-based firm's civil aerospace division will build 90 Trent XWB-97 engines, 40 Trent 7000 engines and 12 Trent XWB-84 engines for airlines companies across Saudi Arabia, Egypt, Taiwan and Vietnam.
The new contracts:
◾ Vietnam's VietJet Air has placed an order for 40 Trent 7000 engines, that will power 20 Airbus A330neo aircraft
◾ AviLease, based in Saudi Arabia, placed an order for 20 Trent XWB-97 engines to power 10 Airbus A350F freighter aircraft
◾ Riyadh Air | طيران الرياض, Saudi Arabia's newest national carrier, placed an order of 50 Trent XWB-97 engines that will power 25 Airbus A350-1000s
◾ Taiwan's STARLUX Airlines placed an order for 20 Trent XWB-97 engines that will power 10 Airbus A350-1000 widebody aircraft
◾ EGYPTAIR has ordered an additional 12 Trent XWB-84 engines that will power six Airbus A350-900s, which takes the airline's total order of Rolls-Royce Trent XWB-84 engines to 32
Rolls-Royce said the deals followed a £1 billion investment in the Trent engine family aimed at improving their durability and efficiency.