Rolls-Royce to increase Derby testing facilities
Rolls-Royce says it will expand its testing capacity at its Derby plant in response to the operational difficulties its Trent 1000 engine has been experiencing.
Rolls-Royce first revealed that more inspections were needed to tackle problems with the Derby-built Trent 1000, which are used in Boeing’s Dreamliner 787, in April.
Airlines including British Airways, Virgin and Norwegian have been affected.
The majority of the testing work takes place in facilities in Singapore, Heathrow and Derby. Rolls-Royce says plans to furthe... 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...
