Rolls-Royce wins £324m Trent engine order
Rolls-Royce has won £324m order from aircraft lessor AerCap for Trent 1000 engines, built in Derby, to power ten Boeing 787 Dreamliner aircraft.
As part of the deal, AerCap has options for a further five Trent 1000-powered 787s.
The aircraft will be powered by the latest version of the Trent 1000, the Trent 1000 TEN (Thrust, Efficiency and New Technology). The engine, which will power all variants of the Boeing 787, entered service in November last year.
Philip Scruggs, president and chief commercial officer, AerCap, said: â... You can carry on reading TheBusinessDesk.com for free, but you have reached the maximum number of pages an unregistered user can view. To register for an account, click here or login below...
